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ArticleGenome biology2023

The VGNC: expanding standardized vertebrate gene nomenclature.

Tamsin E M Jones, Bethan Yates, Bryony Braschi, Kristian Gray, Susan Tweedie, Ruth L Seal, Elspeth A Bruford

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Article in Genome biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tamsin E M JonesHUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, Cambridgeshire, UK. tjones@ebi.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-0027-0858
Bethan YatesHUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Bryony BraschiHUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Kristian GrayHUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Susan TweedieHUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ruth L SealHUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Elspeth A BrufordHUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, Cambridgeshire, UK.

Funding

The Nomenclature of Human and Vertebrate GenesU24HG003345 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · PI Elspeth Bruford · 2018 to 2026
$3.9M
NHGRI NIH HHS U24 HG003345Wellcome Trust 208349/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Vertebrate Gene Nomenclature Committee (VGNC) was established in 2016 as a sister project to the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, to approve gene nomenclature in vertebrate species without an existing dedicated nomenclature committee. The VGNC aims to harmonize gene nomenclature across selected vertebrate species in line with human gene nomenclature, with orthologs assigned the same nomenclature where possible. This article presents an overview of the VGNC project and discussion of key findings resulting from this work to date. VGNC-approved nomenclature is accessible at https://vertebrate.genenames.org and is additionally displayed by the NCBI, Ensembl, and UniProt databases.

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Databases, GeneticVertebratesAnimalsHumansComparative genomicsGene familiesGene nomenclatureGene symbolsHomologyOrthologyVertebrates

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PMID37173739
PMCPMC10176861

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