The success (or not) of HUGO nomenclature

Current usage of gene nomenclature is ambiguous and impairs the efficient handling of scientific information. Therefore it is important to propose guidelines to deal with this problem. This study attempts to evaluate the success of HUGO nomenclature for human genes. The results indicate that HUGO gu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tamames, Javier, Valencia, Alfonso
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Correspondence
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2006-7-5-402
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Sumario:Current usage of gene nomenclature is ambiguous and impairs the efficient handling of scientific information. Therefore it is important to propose guidelines to deal with this problem. This study attempts to evaluate the success of HUGO nomenclature for human genes. The results indicate that HUGO guidelines are not supported by the scientific community.

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