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Gene symbol request

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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.

Family name

First name

Email ^*

Email is required

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Affiliation

Publication status

Publication information

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

Proposed gene symbol ^*

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

Proposed gene name/description

Species

Chromosomal location

Other symbols and names used

NCBI Gene ID/Ensembl Gene ID

Public sequence accession IDs

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

DNA sequence

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

Protein sequence

Additional comments and information

e.g. Enzyme ID .

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