Definition of the nomenclature
Most of the teams working on shrimps in the different parts of the world have now isolated numerous penaeidin sequences from their shrimp species mostly by genomic approach. At the moment more than 200 sequences can be found in the database and some new sequences are not yet published. The current nomenclature for penaeidins is very confusing, with several different names having been given to the same gene product. Therefore we suggest that the penaeidins field adopts a common nomenclature system based on amino acid sequence similarity (see subgroup determination).
The following nomenclature will be now used for penaeidins. The name is composed of 3 letters for genus and 3 letters for species, the penaeidin subgroup and a number for identification in the subgroup. You can send an e-mail if you need help for your penaeidin nomenclature.
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