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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title:KIF2A
 * Article Evaluation:This article on the KIF2A protein, a type of kinesin motor, gives a very brief one sentence definition of the motor and then directs the reader to an outside source that discusses kinesins more broadly. Despite having fairly recent sources cited and an image of the protein from the Protein Data Bank, this article is very small and limited in scope. As a result there are many opportunities for improvement especially given the decent amount of primary papers found with a brief search.
 * Sources:Kinesin Superfamily Protein 2A (KIF2A) Functions in Suppression of Collateral Branch Extension:Kif2a regulates spindle organization and cell cycle progression in meiotic oocytes:KIF2A deficiency causes early-onset neurodegeneration

Option 2

 * Article title:KIF27
 * Article Evaluation:This article on the KIF27 protein, a type of kinesin motor, is extremely brief and provides little to no additional information about the motor aside from the fact that it is a type of kinesin. Sources include references to gene databanks but no primary literature. Therefore, there are many potential opportunities to expand this article. However, it should be noted that a brief search of the literature only yielded one primary article (listed below) which might make it difficult to add to this article in a more detailed fashion.
 * Sources:Altered chemomechanical coupling causes impaired motility of the kinesin-4 motors KIF27 and KIF7

Option 3

 * Article title:Myosin-IIIa
 * Article Evaluation:This article which discusses the myosin motor Myosin-IIIa is more detailed than the previous two articles presented, but there is still much room for improvement. The lead section of this article provides a one-sentence description of the protein and makes mention of the gene that encodes for it. The subsequent paragraph describes some of the attributes of the class of protein that this myosin motor is a part of. Given the primary literature presented below in addition to some sources provided in the "Further Reading" section of the article, there appears to may several opportunities to improve this article.
 * Sources:Myosin IIIa boosts elongation of stereocilia by transporting espin 1 to the plus ends of actin filaments:Phosphorylation of the Kinase Domain Regulates Autophosphorylation of Myosin IIIA and Its Translocation in Microvilli:Kinetic Mechanism of Human Myosin IIIA

Option 4

 * Article title:MYL9
 * Article Evaluation:This article which discusses MYL9, a type of myosin motor, contains a one sentence lead section that mentions the gene that encodes for the protein. This article also contains a section discussing the protein's function, however this section is brief and details more about myosin motors in general. Therefore, this article provides several opportunities for improvement as more details about the motor itself can be added.
 * Sources:Expression and prognostic significance of MYL9 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma:Dynamic Regulation of Vascular Myosin Light Chain (MYL9) with Injury and Aging

Option 5

 * Article title:DYNC1LI1
 * Article Evaluation:This article which discusses DYNC1LI1, a type of dynein, contains very little information aside from one sentence which states the gene which encodes for this protein. Sources include references to gene databanks but no primary literature. Therefore, there are many potential opportunities to expand this article. However, it should be noted that a brief search of the literature only yielded one primary article (listed below) which might make it difficult to add to this article in a more detailed fashion.
 * Sources:Dync1li1 is required for the survival of mammalian cochlear hair cells by regulating the transportation of autophagosomes