This guest blog post has been contributed by Stephen M. King, one of our specialist advisors for nomenclature of dyneins and their cytoplasmic assembly factors.
Figure 1 from Braschi et al., 2022 (a) The cytoplasmic dynein 1 complex. The DYNC1H1 protein heavy chains have large [Read more]
We are pleased to announce that HGNC now displays links from our Symbol Reports to curated gene-disease relationships in the GenCC (The Gene Curation Coalition) database. The HGNC is a member of the GenCC project that brings together multiple groups that are [Read more]
Does it really matter if researchers choose to use their favourite aliases to refer to genes in their manuscripts instead of using their HGNC approved symbols? Sadly, the use of unapproved aliases can not only cause confusion and wasted experiments in the laboratory, but even more worryingly, confusion in [Read more]
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an ongoing pandemic caused by a new form of coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), has dominated the news for the past 18 months and still influences our lives in many aspects.
International research on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 molecular biology is [Read more]