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Gene symbol request

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Please read the gene symbol request help before filling out the form below. If you are looking to send us feedback, please use our feedback form instead.

The HGNC no longer assign symbols in phenotypic series, this activity has been passed to OMIM, so please contact them with your request using the "contact us" button at OMIM.org.

If the proposed gene symbol is for a non-human species, please contact the relevant gene nomenclature committee.

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Please provide as much information as possible in the form below and click 'Submit'. All non-public information will be treated in confidence.

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Please add any relevant PMID(s), or if not yet published the relevant journal name and manuscript number.

The symbol must start with at least 1 letter. Symbols can be a mixture of letters and numbers but all letters must be UPPERCASE

Gene symbol is required

From sources such as ENA/GenBank, RefSeq and UniProt.

If your sequence(s) do not fit in the box provided, please send as an attachment to hgnc@genenames.org.

If your sequence(s) do not fit in the box provided, please send as an attachment to hgnc@genenames.org.

e.g. Enzyme ID, OMIM ID, MGI ID.

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