Abstract

The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) based at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) assigns unique symbols and names to human genes. To date the HGNC have assigned over 39,000 gene names and, representing an increase of over 5000 entries in the past two years. As well as increasing the size of our database, we have continued redesigning our website http://www.genenames.org and have modified, updated and improved many aspects of the site including a faster and more powerful search, a vastly improved HCOP tool and a REST service to increase the number of ways users can retrieve our data. This article provides an overview of our current online data and resources, and highlights the changes we have made in recent years.

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BiologyGene nomenclatureService (business)NomenclatureLibrary scienceWorld Wide WebInformation retrievalComputer scienceTaxonomy (biology)Zoology

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2014
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43
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D1079-D1085
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Kristian Gray, Bethan Yates, Ruth L. Seal et al. (2014). Genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2015. Nucleic Acids Research , 43 (D1) , D1079-D1085. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku1071

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