HGNC Database -- HUGO Gene Nomenclature

URL:
http://www.genenames.org/
What you can do:
Search approved symbols for human genes.
Highlights:
  • 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.
  • Recently relocated to the European Bioinformatics Institute with 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.
Keywords:
  • gene Nomenclature
  • Human Gene Nomenclature
  • Gene Symbols
  • human genetics
  • human genes
Literature & Tutorials:
PubMed Link: The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
2006 Update: The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Database, 2006 updates
2008 Update: The HGNC Database in 2008: a resource for the human genome
2011 Update: genenames.org: the HGNC resources in 2011.
This record last updated: 06-14-2011
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