The HGNC (HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee) provides an approved gene name and symbol (short-form abbreviation) for each known human gene. All approved symbols are stored in the HGNC database, and each symbol is unique. This collection refers to records using the HGNC symbol.

Prefix

hgnc.symbol

Links

Homepage

Contact

Missing Contact

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in HGNC gene symbol should match this regular expression:
^[A-Za-z-0-9_]+(\@)?$

Example Local Unique Identifier

DAPK1   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from HGNC gene symbol should match this regular expression:
^hgnc\.symbol:[A-Za-z-0-9_]+(\@)?$

Example CURIE

hgnc.symbol:DAPK1

A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.

Provided By

collagenmutdb depod pharmvar ygob

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 5 mappings to external registries for this resource with 3 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier DAPK1 is used to demonstrate the providers available for HGNC gene symbol. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.