The HGNC (HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee) provides an approved gene name and symbol (short-form abbreviation) for each known human gene. All approved symbols are stored in the HGNC database, and each symbol is unique. HGNC identifiers refer to records in the HGNC symbol database.

Prefix

hgnc

Preferred Prefix

hgnc

Links

Homepage OWL

Contact

Dr. Elspeth Bruford

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee should match this regular expression:
^\d{1,5}$

Example Local Unique Identifier

16793   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee should match this regular expression:
^hgnc:\d{1,5}$

Example CURIE

hgnc:16793

Publications

• 2021 Genenames.org: the HGNC and VGNC resources in 2021.
• 2019 Genenames.org: the HGNC and VGNC resources in 2019.
• 1979 International system for human gene nomenclature (1979) ISGN (1979).

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 14 mappings to external registries for hgnc with 6 unique external prefixes.

Providers are various services that resolve CURIEs to URLs. The example CURIE hgnc:16793 is used to demonstrate the provides available for hgnc. Generation of OLS and BioPortal URLs requires additional programmatic logic beyond string formatting.

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here.