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Recent Publications

Hightower LE, Hageman J, Vos MJ, Kubota H, Tanguay RM, Bruford EA, Cheetham ME, Chen B, Kampinga HH. Guidelines for the nomenclature of the human heat shock proteins. Cell Stress Chaperones. 2008 Jul 29. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18663603 PDF

Heisterkamp N, Groffen J, Warburton D, Sneddon TP. The human gamma-glutamyltransferase gene family. Hum Genet. 2008 Mar 21 [Epub ahead of print] PMID:18357469 PDF

Ting JP, Lovering RC, Alnemri ES, Bertin J, Boss JM, Davis BK, Flavell RA, Girardin SE, Godzik A, Harton JA, Hoffman HM, Hugot JP, Inohara N, Mackenzie A, Maltais LJ, Nunez G, Ogura Y, Otten LA, Philpott D, Reed JC, Reith W, Schreiber S, Steimle V and Ward PA. The NLR gene family: a standard nomenclature. Immunity. 2008 Mar;28(3):285-7 PMID:18341998 PDF

Bruford EA, Lush MJ, Wright MW, Sneddon TP, Povey S, Birney E. The HGNC Database in 2008: a resource for the human genome.. Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jan;36(Database issue):D445-8 PMID: 17984084 PDF

2007

Holland PW, Booth HA, Bruford EA. Classification and nomenclature of all human homeobox genes.. BMC Biol. 2007 Oct 26;5(1):47 PMID: 17963489 PDF

Davies KJ, Ermak G, Rothermel BA, Pritchard M, Heitman J, Ahnn J, Henrique-Silva F, Crawford D, Canaider S, Strippoli P, Carinci P, Min KT, Fox DS, Cunningham KW, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN, Zhang Z, Williams RS, Gerber HP, Pérez-Riba M, Seo H, Cao X, Klee CB, Redondo JM, Maltais LJ, Bruford EA, Povey S, Molkentin JD, McKeon FD, Duh EJ, Crabtree GR, Cyert MS, de la Luna S and Estivill X. Renaming the DSCR1/Adapt78 gene family as RCAN: regulators of calcineurin. FASEB J. 2007 Oct;21(12):3023-8. PMID:17595344 PDF

Khodiyar VK, Maltais LJ, Sneddon KM, Smith JR, Shimoyama M, Cabral F, Dumontet C, Dutcher SK, Harvey RJ, Lafanechère L, Murray JM, Nogales E, Piquemal D, Stanchi F, Povey S and Lovering RC. A revised nomenclature for the human and rodent alpha-tubulin gene family. Genomics. 2007 Aug;90(2):285-9. PMID:17543498 PDF

Brown SJ, Tilli CM, Jackson B, Avilion AA, Macleod MC, Maltais LJ, Lovering RC and Byrne C. Rodent Lce Gene Clusters; New Nomenclature, Gene Organization, and Divergence of Human and Rodent Genes. J Invest Dermatol. 2007 Jul;127(7):1782-6. PMID:17410201 PDF

Eyre TA, Wright MW, Lush MJ and Bruford EA. HCOP: a searchable database of human orthology predictions. Brief Bioinform. 2007 Jan;8(1):2-5. PMID:16951416

2006

Marenholz I, Lovering RC and Heizmann CW. An update of the S100 nomenclature. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006 Nov;1763(11):1282-3. PMID:16938360 PDF

Schweizer J, ... and Wright MW. New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins. J Cell Biol. Jul 17;174(2):169-74. PMID:16831889 PDF

Gregory SG, ... Lush MJ, et al. The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1. Nature. 2006 May 18;441(7091):315-321. PMID:16710414 PDF

Maltais LJ, Lovering RC, et al. New nomenclature for Fc receptor-like molecules. Nat Immunol. 2006 May;7(5):431-2. PMID:16622424 PDF

Muzny DM, ... Wright MW, et al. The DNA sequence, annotation and analysis of human chromosome 3. Nature. 2006 Apr 27;440(7088):1194-8. PMID:16641997 PDF

Zody MC, ... Khodiyar VK, et al. DNA sequence of human chromosome 17 and analysis of rearrangement in the human lineage. Nature. 2006 Apr 20;440(7087):1045-9. PMID:16625196 PDF

Zody MC, ... Sneddon KMB, et al. Analysis of the DNA sequence and duplication history of human chromosome 15. Nature. 2006 Mar 30;440(7084):671-5. PMID:16572171 PDF

Taylor TD, ... Bruford EA, et al. Human chromosome 11 DNA sequence and analysis including novel gene identification. Nature. 2006 Mar 23;440(7083):497-500. PMID:16554811 PDF

Scherer SE, ... Lovering RC, et al. The finished DNA sequence of human chromosome 12. Nature. 2006 Mar 16;440(7082):3846-351. PMID:16541075 PDF

Kahn RA, Cherfils J, Elias M, Lovering RC, Munro S and Schurmann A. Nomenclature for the human Arf family of GTP-binding proteins: ARF, ARL, and SAR proteins. J Cell Biol. 2006 Feb 27;172(5):645-50. PMID:16505163 PDF

Wright MW and Bruford EA. Human and orthologous gene nomenclature. Gene. 2006 Mar 15;369:1-6. Epub 2006 Jan 23. PMID:16431039 PDF

Nusbaum C, ... Sneddon TP, et al. DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 8. Nature. 2006 Jan 19;439(7074):331-335. PMID:16421571 PDF

Eyre TA, Ducluzeau F, Sneddon TP, Povey S, Bruford EA and Lush MJ. The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Database, 2006 updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006 Jan 1;34(Database issue):D319-21. PMID:16381876 PDF

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2005

Wright MW, Eyre TA, Lush MJ, Povey S and Bruford EA. HCOP: The HGNC Comparison of Orthology Predictions Search Tool. Mamm Genome. 2005 Nov; 16(11):827-828. PMID:16284797 PDF

Chen B, Piel WH, Gui L, Bruford E and Monteiro A. The HSP90 family of genes in the human genome: Insights into their divergence and evolution. Genomics. 2005 Oct 31 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID:16269234 PDF

Nusbaum C, ... Wain HM, et al. DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 18. Nature. 2005 Sep 22;437(7058):551-5. PMID:16177791 PDF

Wilsker D, Probst L, Wain HM, Maltais L, Tucker PW and Moran E. Nomenclature of the ARID family of DNA-binding proteins. Genomics. 2005 Aug; 86(2):242-51. PMID:15922553 PDF

Hunt MC, Yamada J, Maltais LJ, Wright M, Podesta EJ and Alexson SE. A revised nomenclature for mammalian acyl-CoA thioesterases/hydrolases. J Lipid Res. 2005 Sep;46(9):2029-32. PMID:16103133 PDF

Schijvenaars BJ, Mons B, Weeber M, Schuemie MJ, van Mulligen EM, Wain HM and Kors JA. Thesaurus-based disambiguation of gene symbols. BMC Bioinformatics. 2005 Jun 16; 6(1):149. PMID:15958172 PDF

Suske G, Bruford E and Philipsen S. Mammalian SP/KLF transcription factors: Bring in the family. Genomics. 2005 May; 85(5):551-6. PMID:15820306 PDF

Ross MT, ... Bruford EA, et al. The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome. Nature. 2005 Mar 17; 434(7031):325-37. PMID:15772651 PDF

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2004

Horton R, Wilming L, Rand V, Lovering RC, Bruford EA, Khodiyar VK, Lush MJ, Povey S, Talbot CC Jr, Wright MW, Wain HM, Trowsdale J, Ziegler A and Beck S. Gene map of the extended human MHC. Nat Rev Genet. 2004 Dec; 5(12):889-99. PMID:15573121 PDF

Jin J, ... Lovering RC, et al. Systematic analysis and nomenclature of mammalian F-box proteins. Genes Dev. 2004 Nov 1;18(21):2573-80. PMID:15520277 PDF

Mashek DG, ... Khodiyar V, et al. Revised nomenclature for the long chain mammalian acyl-CoA synthetase gene family. J Lipid Res. 2004 Aug 1. PMID:15292367 PDF

Deloukas P, ... Lovering RC, et al. The DNA sequence and comparative analysis of human chromosome 10. Nature 2004 May 27;429(6990):375-81. PMID:15164054 PDF

Humphray SJ, ... Povey S, et al. DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9. Nature. 2004 May 27;429(6990):369-74. PMID:15164053 PDF

Imanishi T, ... Bruford E, et al. Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones. PLoS Biol. 2004 Jun;2(6):e162. Epub 2004 Apr 20. PMID:15103394 PDF

Dunham A, ... Wright MW, et al. The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 13. Nature. 2004 Apr 1;428(6982):522-8. PMID:15057823 PDF

Hediger MA, Romero MF, Peng JB, Rolfs A, Takanaga H and Bruford EA. The ABCs of solute carriers: physiological, pathological and therapeutic implications of human membrane transport proteins Introduction. Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):465-8. Epub 2003 Nov 18. PMID:14624363 PDF

Nelson DR, Zeldin DC, Hoffman SM, Maltais LJ, Wain HM and Nebert DW. Comparison of cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes from the mouse and human genomes, including nomenclature recommendations for genes, pseudogenes and alternative-splice variants. Pharmacogenetics. 2004 Jan;14(1):1-18. PMID:15128046 PDF

Wain HM, Lush MJ, Ducluzeau F, Khodiyar VK and Povey S. Genew: the Human Gene Nomenclature Database, 2004 updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Jan 1;32 Database issue:D255-7. PMID:14681406 PDF

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2003

Smith AN, Lovering RC, Futai M, Takeda J, Brown D and Karet FE. Revised nomenclature for mammalian vacuolar-type H+ -ATPase subunit genes. Mol Cell. 2003 Oct;12(4):801-3. PMID:14580332 PDF

Marsh SG, Parham P, Dupont B, Geraghty DE, Trowsdale J, Middleton D, Vilches C, Carrington M, Witt C, Guethlein LA, Shilling H, Garcia CA, Hsu KC and Wain H. Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002. Tissue Antigens. 2003 Jul;62(1):79-86. PMID:12859599 PDF

Marsh SG, Parham P, Dupont B, Geraghty DE, Trowsdale J, Middleton D, Vilches C, Carrington M, Witt C, Guethlein LA, Shilling H, Garcia CA, Hsu KC and Wain H. Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002. Immunogenetics. 2003 Jul;55(4):220-6. Epub 2003 Jun 28. PMID:12838378 PDF

Marsh SG, Parham P, Dupont B, Geraghty DE, Trowsdale J, Middleton D, Vilches C, Carrington M, Witt C, Guethlein LA, Shilling H, Garcia CA, Hsu KC and Wain H. Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002. Eur J Immunogenetics. 2003 Jun;30(3):229-34. PMID:12787002 PDF

Marsh SG, Parham P, Dupont B, Geraghty DE, Trowsdale J, Middleton D, Vilches C, Carrington M, Witt C, Guethlein LA, Shilling H, Garcia CA, Hsu KC and Wain H.  Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor (KIR) Nomenclature Report, 2002. Hum Immunol. 2003 Jun;64(6):648-54.PMID:12770798 PDF

Abdelhaleem M, Maltais L and Wain H. The human DDX and DHX gene families of putative RNA helicases. Genomics. 2003 Jun;81(6):618-22. PMID:12782131 PDF

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2002

Wain H, Povey S and Maltais L. Human and Mouse Gene Nomenclature. 2002  Current Protocols in Human Genetics. Appendix A.1C.1-A.1C.11, Supplement 35.   Eds: Nicholas C. Dracopoli, Jonathan L. Haines, Bruce R. Korf, Donald T. Moir, Cynthia C. Morton, Christine E. Seidman, J. G. Seidman, Douglas R. Smith. Wiley.

Povey S and Wain H. Smelling of roses? Genome Biol. 2002;3(6)  PMID:12093369 PDF

Povey S. Community Nomenclature: Standardized Gene Symbols. Genomics. 2002 Apr:79(4):463-463. DOI:10.1006 PDF

Wain HM, Lovering RC, Bruford EA, Lush MJ, Wright MW and Povey S. Guidelines for Human Gene Nomenclature. Genomics. 2002 Apr;79(4):464-70. PMID:11944974 PDF

Montell C, ... Bruford EA, et al. A unified nomenclature for the superfamily of TRP cation channels. Mol Cell. 2002 Feb;9(2):229-31. PMID:11864597 PDF

Wain HM, Lush M, Ducluzeau, F, and Povey S. Genew: The Human Nomenclature Database. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Jan 1;30(1):169-71. PMID:11752283 PDF

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2001

Bradley J, et al. Nomenclature for Ion Channel Subunits. Science. 2001 Dec 7;294(5549):2095-6. PMID:11764791 Dr Bruford is a co-signatory. PDF

Burgers PM, ... Bruford E, et al. Eukaryotic DNA polymerases: proposal for a revised nomenclature. J Biol Chem. 2001 Nov 23;276(47):43487-90. PMID:11579108 PDF

Povey S, Lovering R, Bruford E, Wright M, Lush M and Wain HM. The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC). Hum Genet. 2001 Dec;109(6):678-80. Epub 2001 Oct 24. PMID:11810281 PDF

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2000

Diamandis EP, Yousef GM, Clements J, Ashworth LK, Yoshida S, Egelrud T, Nelson PS,  Shiosaka S, Little S, Lilja H, Stenman UH, Rittenhouse HG and Wain H. New nomenclature for the human tissue kallikrein gene family. Clin Chem. 2000 46(11):1855-8. PMID:11067830 PDF

Wain HM, Bruford E, Duncanson A, Lovering R and Povey S.  GUEST EDITORIAL: Nomenclature: Genes, Weights and Measures, Animals, Elements, and Planets.  Radiation Research. 2000;154(1):1-2. PDF

Ishikawa T, Allikmets R, Dean M, Higgins C, Ling V and Wain HM. New nomenclature of human ABC transporter genes Xenobiotics, Metabolism and Disposition. 2000;15:8-19.

Wain HM, et al. Hemochromatosis gene nomenclature. Am J Med Genet. 2000 Jul 3;93(1):77 PMID:10861687 PDF

Glusman G, Bahar A, Sharon D, Pilpel Y, White J and Lancet D. The olfactory receptor gene superfamily: data mining, classification, and nomenclature.  Mamm Genome. 2000 Nov;11(11):1016-23. PMID:11063259 PDF

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1990 - 1999

White J, et al. Report of the Second International Nomenclature Workshop. Genomics. 1999 Dec 1;62(2):320-3. PMID:10610731 PDF

White J, et al. Promoting a standard nomenclature for genes and proteins (letter). Nature. 1999 Nov 25;402(6760):347. PMID:10586862 PDF

Wain HM, et al. The changing challenges of nomenclature. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1999;86(2):162-4. PMID:10545710 PDF

White J, et al. Reply to Genetics without frontiers (letter). Nat Genet. 1998 20(4):330- 331 PDF

White J, et al. Networking nomenclature. Nat Genet. 1998 Mar;18(3):209. PMID:9500537 PDF

White J, et al. An increasingly urgent need for standardized gene nomenclature Nat Genet. Feb 1998 (Link to Nature Genetics)

Antonarakis SE. Recommendations for a nomenclature system for human gene mutations. Nomenclature Working Group. Hum Mutat. 1998; 11(1):1-3. PMID:9450896 PDF

Povey S, et al. Problems of nomenclature. Nature 1997 Nov 27; 390(6658):329. PMID:9389465 PDF

White JA, et al. Guidelines for human gene nomenclature (1997). HUGO Nomenclature Committee. Genomics 1997 Oct 15; 45(2): 468-471. PMID:9344684 PDF

Blake JA, et al. Report from the International Nomenclature Workshop. Genomics. 1997 Oct 15; 45(2): 464-468. PMID:9344684 PDF

McAlpine P. Genetic nomenclature guide. Human. Trends Genet. 1995 Mar (suppl.): 39-42. PMID:7660472

McAlpine PJ, et al. What's in a name? Nature. 1990 Aug 16; 346(6285): 616. PMID:2385290 PDF

McAlpine PJ, et al. Nomenclature for human homeobox genes. Genomics. 1990 Jul; 7(3): 460. PMID:1973146 PDF

McAlpine PJ, et al. The 1990 catalog of mapped genes and report of the nomenclature committee. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1990;55(1-4):5-76.  PMID:1981504

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1978 - 1989

McAlpine PJ, et al. Report of the nomenclature committee and the 1989 catalog of mapped genes. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1989 51(1-4):13-66.  PMID:2791653

McAlpine PJ, et al. The 1988 catalog of mapped genes and report of the nomenclature committee. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1988 49(1-3):4-38. PMID:3203547

McAlpine PJ, et al. The 1987 Catalog of mapped genes and report of the nomenclature committee. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1987 46(1-4):29-101. PMID:3507279

Shows TB, et al. Guidelines for human gene nomenclature. An international system for human gene nomenclature (ISGN, 1987). Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1987 46(1-4):11-28. PMID:3507270 PDF

McAlpine PJ, et al. The 1985 Catalog of Mapped Genes and report of the Nomenclature Committee. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1985 40(1-4):8-66. PMID:3864604

Shows TB, et al. The 1983 catalogue of mapped human genetic markers and report of the Nomenclature Committee. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1984 37(1-4):340-93. PMID:6690232

Shows TB, et al. The 1981 catalogue of assigned human genetic markers and report of the nomenclature committee.  Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1982 18(2):221-45. PMID:7159708

Shows TB, et al. The 1981 catalogue of assigned human genetic markers and report of the nomenclature committee. Oslo Conference (1981): Sixth International Workshop on Human Gene Mapping. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1982 32(1-4):221-45. PMID:7140365

Shows TB, et al. International System for Human Gene Nomenclature (1979) ISGN (1979). Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1980 15(11):96-116. PMID:7213958

Shows TB, et al. International system for human gene nomenclature (1979) ISGN (1979). Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1979 25(1-4):96-116. PMID:295268

Shows TB, et al. The catalog of human genes and chromosome assignments. A report on human genetic  nomenclature and genes that have been mapped in man.  Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1978 22(1-6):132-45. PMID:752466

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The work of the HGNC is supported by National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) grant P41 HG03345 and Wellcome Trust grant 081979/Z/07/Z.