HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee

Abbreviation:HGNC

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General Information

The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) aims to assign a unique and ideally meaningful name and symbol to every human gene. The HGNC database currently comprises over 40, 000 public records containing approved human gene nomenclature and associated gene information. The website enables direct links to the searchable HGNC database and other related database resources, such as the HCOP orthology search tool and manually curated gene family webpages.

Homepage http://www.genenames.org/

Countries that developed this resource European Union , United Kingdom

Created in 1978

Taxonomic range

Homo sapiens

Knowledge Domains

Subjects

In the following recommendations:

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: HGNC; HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.29we0s; Last edited: Feb. 20, 2020, 4:09 p.m.; Last accessed: Feb 21 2020 10:36 a.m.

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			Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Switzerland|https://www.sib.swiss|Maintains
			The Wellcome Trust, UK|https://wellcome.ac.uk|Funds
			National Human Genome Research Institute|http://www.genome.gov/|Funds
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			The Wellcome Trust, UK|https://wellcome.ac.uk|Funds
			National Human Genome Research Institute|http://www.genome.gov/|Funds
			Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)|http://www.hugo-international.org|Maintains
			Transforming Genetic Medicine Initiative|http://www.thetgmi.org|Maintains
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			Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)|http://www.hugo-international.org|Maintains
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		Before: The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) aims to assign a unique and ideally meaningful name and symbol to every human gene. The HGNC database currently comprises over 24, 000 public records containing approved human gene nomenclature and associated gene information. The website enables direct links to the searchable HGNC database and other related database resources, such as the HCOP orthology search tool and manually curated gene family webpages.
		After: The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) aims to assign a unique and ideally meaningful name and symbol to every human gene. The HGNC database currently comprises over 40, 000 public records containing approved human gene nomenclature and associated gene information. The website enables direct links to the searchable HGNC database and other related database resources, such as the HCOP orthology search tool and manually curated gene family webpages.

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			Open Data Commons (ODC) Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0|http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/|Data
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			Open Data Commons (ODC) Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0|http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/|Data
			EBI Terms of Use|http://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/terms-of-use|Data
			Privacy Notice for HGNC/VGNC|https://www.ebi.ac.uk/data-protection/privacy-notice/hgnc|Data
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			EBI Terms of Use|http://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/terms-of-use|Data
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			Genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2015.|Gray KA,Yates B,Seal RL,Wright MW,Bruford EA|Nucleic Acids Res|2014
			Genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2013.|Gray KA,Daugherty LC,Gordon SM,Seal RL,Wright MW,Bruford EA|Nucleic Acids Res|2012
			genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2011.|Seal RL,Gordon SM,Lush MJ,Wright MW,Bruford EA|Nucleic Acids Res|2010
			The HGNC Database in 2008: a resource for the human genome.|Bruford EA., Lush MJ., Wright MW., Sneddon TP., Povey S., Birney E., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2008
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			Genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2015.|Gray KA,Yates B,Seal RL,Wright MW,Bruford EA|Nucleic Acids Res|2014
			Genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2013.|Gray KA,Daugherty LC,Gordon SM,Seal RL,Wright MW,Bruford EA|Nucleic Acids Res|2012
			genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2011.|Seal RL,Gordon SM,Lush MJ,Wright MW,Bruford EA|Nucleic Acids Res|2010
			The HGNC Database in 2008: a resource for the human genome.|Bruford EA., Lush MJ., Wright MW., Sneddon TP., Povey S., Birney E., |Nucleic Acids Res.|2008
			Genenames.org: the HGNC and VGNC resources in 2017.|Yates B,Braschi B,Gray KA,Seal RL,Tweedie S,Bruford EA|Nucleic Acids Res|2016
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			Genenames.org: the HGNC and VGNC resources in 2017.|Yates B,Braschi B,Gray KA,Seal RL,Tweedie S,Bruford EA|Nucleic Acids Res|2016
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In Collections

Data Citation Implementation

Support

General

FAQ	FAQ
help	http://www.genenames.org/help
online documentation	Guidelines

Additional Information

Contact

General Contact

Tools

HCOP	http://www.genenames.org/cgi-bin/hcop

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

Data Access

Download	http://www.genenames.org/cgi-bin/hgnc_stats
Multi-symbol checker	https://www.genenames.org/cgi-bin/symbol_checker
submit	https://www.genenames.org/cgi-bin/request

REST Web Services

For searching and fetching data

http://www.genenames.org/help/rest-web-service-help

Publications

The HGNC Database in 2008: a resource for the human genome.

Bruford EA., Lush MJ., Wright MW., Sneddon TP., Povey S., Birney E.,
Nucleic Acids Res. 2008

View Paper (PubMed)

Genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2015.

Gray KA,Yates B,Seal RL,Wright MW,Bruford EA
Nucleic Acids Res 2014

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

Genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2013.

Gray KA,Daugherty LC,Gordon SM,Seal RL,Wright MW,Bruford EA
Nucleic Acids Res 2012

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2011.

Seal RL,Gordon SM,Lush MJ,Wright MW,Bruford EA
Nucleic Acids Res 2010

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

Genenames.org: the HGNC and VGNC resources in 2017.

Yates B,Braschi B,Gray KA,Seal RL,Tweedie S,Bruford EA
Nucleic Acids Res 2016

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

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Credit

Record Maintainer

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Funds

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Bethesda, MD, USA (Government body)
The Wellcome Trust, UK (Charitable foundation)

Maintains

Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)
Transforming Genetic Medicine Initiative (Consortium)

Grant Number(s)

099129/Z/12/Z (The Wellcome Trust, UK)
U41HG003345 (National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Bethesda, MD, USA)

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