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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.

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


Email is required

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

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 vgnc@genenames.org.

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

e.g. Enzyme ID .

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