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.

Prefix

vgnc

Keywords

life science

Links

Homepage

Contact

Susan Tweedie   0000-0003-1818-8243

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Vertebrate Gene Nomenclature Committee should match this regular expression:
^\d{1,9}$

Example Local Unique Identifier

3792   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Vertebrate Gene Nomenclature Committee should match this regular expression:
^vgnc:\d{1,9}$

Example CURIE

vgnc:3792

Publications

2021 Genenames.org: the HGNC and VGNC resources in 2021

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 7 mappings to external registries for this resource with 4 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 3792 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Vertebrate Gene Nomenclature Committee. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.