The case for standardizing gene nomenclature in vertebrates

Fiona M McCarthy^#¹, Tamsin E M Jones^#², Anne E Kwitek³, Cynthia L Smith⁴, Peter D Vize⁵, Monte Westerfield⁶, Elspeth A Bruford^{7

8}

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¹ The Chicken Gene Nomenclature Committee (CGNC), School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
² HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
³ Rat Genome Database, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
⁴ Mouse Genome Database, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
⁵ Xenbase, Departments of Biological Sciences and Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁶ ZFIN, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
⁷ HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK. elspeth@genenames.org.
⁸ Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK. elspeth@genenames.org.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 36792746
PMCID: PMC9931569
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05633-w

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The case for standardizing gene nomenclature in vertebrates

Fiona M McCarthy et al. Nature. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;614(7948):E31-E32.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05633-w. Epub 2023 Feb 15.

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Fiona M McCarthy^#¹, Tamsin E M Jones^#², Anne E Kwitek³, Cynthia L Smith⁴, Peter D Vize⁵, Monte Westerfield⁶, Elspeth A Bruford^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ The Chicken Gene Nomenclature Committee (CGNC), School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
² HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
³ Rat Genome Database, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
⁴ Mouse Genome Database, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
⁵ Xenbase, Departments of Biological Sciences and Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁶ ZFIN, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
⁷ HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK. elspeth@genenames.org.
⁸ Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK. elspeth@genenames.org.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 36792746
PMCID: PMC9931569
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05633-w

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Theofanopoulou C, Jarvis ED. Theofanopoulou C, et al. Nature. 2023 Feb;614(7948):E33-E36. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05634-9. Nature. 2023. PMID: 36792739 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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Universal nomenclature for oxytocin-vasotocin ligand and receptor families.
Theofanopoulou C, Gedman G, Cahill JA, Boeckx C, Jarvis ED. Theofanopoulou C, et al. Nature. 2021 Apr;592(7856):747-755. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03040-7. Epub 2021 Apr 28. Nature. 2021. PMID: 33911268 Free PMC article.

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