Talk:Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3

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[edit] Mother's against decapentaplegic homolog 3 Nomenclature

The SMAD family of proteins have a very unusual official name. The name sounds almost absurd, however, it's the official name of the protein. In the early days of especially, Drosophila research, scientists involved in naming these protein products decided to give these proteins 'cutesy' or 'funny' names. This practice is no longer encouraged as most genes today are named systematically and given names that describe the genes/protein's function. A well known example is Sonic hedgehog which is literally named after the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog (character).

[edit] Note to Patrollers

Before you delete this page check out the links on the page to see if the information on it is accurate, in particular, the name.

I have already apologised to you for nominating for deletion. But may I suggest in all seriousness that, given the weird name of the protein class, a note within the body of the article explaining the name may be helpful?--Anthony.bradbury 00:42, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do add something about the nomenclature of this. I came here from Wikipedia:Unusual articles and am none the wiser as to why this is named the way it is. Witty lama 13:56, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I added something about the nomenclature. GAThrawn22 16:15, 24 June 2006 (UTC)