Current usage of gene nomenclature is ambiguous and impairs the efficient handling of scientific information. Therefore it is important to propose guidelines to deal with this problem. This study attempts to evaluate the success of HUGO nomenclature for human genes. The results indicate that HUGO guidelines are not supported by the scientific community.
This
work was partly supported by research grants
ENFIN LSGH-CT-2005-518254 (VI Framework
Programme, European Comission), ESPAÑOL
BIO2004-00875 (Spanish Ministry of Education
and Science), and Fundación BBVA.
Peer reviewed