appears_in: []
contact:
  email: stweedie@ebi.ac.uk
  name: Susan Tweedie
  orcid: 0000-0003-1818-8243
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: The Vertebrate Gene Nomenclature Committee (VGNC) is an extension of
  the established HGNC (HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee) project that names human
  genes. VGNC is responsible for assigning standardized names to genes in vertebrate
  species that currently lack a nomenclature committee.
example: '3792'
homepage: https://vertebrate.genenames.org
keywords:
- life science
mappings:
  cellosaurus: VGNC
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.5NhJFK
  integbio: nbdc02624
  miriam: vgnc
  ncbi: VGNC
  togoid: Vgnc
  uniprot: DB-0226
name: Vertebrate Gene Nomenclature Committee
namespace_in_lui: false
pattern: ^\d{1,9}$
preferred_prefix: vgnc
prefix: vgnc
providers: []
publications:
- doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa980
  pmc: PMC7779007
  pubmed: '33152070'
  title: 'Genenames.org: the HGNC and VGNC resources in 2021'
  year: 2021
synonyms: []
uri_format: https://vertebrate.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/vgnc_id/$1
