Hello,
This time I want to ask about the ways of labeling human genes.
As fas as i know, human gene is written with big alphabets.(For example, If the name of my human gene of interest is ABC, the gene is labeled as 'ABC' )
But I think the way of labeling specific human gene is up to respetive researchers and not a critical problem.
(ex) If the name of specific human gene is ABC, the gene can also be labeled as Abc, abc, ABc, aBc, ABC, abc, etc)
And i think it is also same with others, such as labeling human siRNA, human primer,human mRNA, human protein, etc.
I want to confirm whether my opinion is correct.
Thank you!
Not quite, there is a conventional way of doing things, which limits confusion.
This is why you do not see messenger RNA labeled Mr. Sodium (MrNa).
You should perform a few literature searches to learn about what is commonly used.
Best,
Generally the gene is labelled differently depending on the species it is found in.
I.E. in human it would be ABC. In mouse it would be Abc.
There are nomenclature guidelines for every species and all types of genes, proteins, etc. It is a problem - and can be a critical one, as ABC would refer to a human protein whereas ABC refers to the gene. Do you see the problem?
Dear Sophie Sneddon
Thank you for your information!
I will remind your answer
Thanks again!
Gene names are assigned by HGNC (hence one set of internationally recognised rules). For more info visit http://www.genenames.org/.
But as a quick guideline, Sophie's answer is quite good.
Dear Naser Ansari-Pour,
Thank you for your answer!
I got good information from you
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