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Frequently asked questions

Please view the FAQs page to find answers to commonly asked questions.

Browser help

Since there are many different browsers and versions of browser being used across the world, here are some helpful tips to which browsers to use and how to enable javascript on your browser to make sure your user experience of our site is a good one.

Search help

Our search options allow users to search all of our active gene symbol reports quickly and with ease. The search server utilises Apache Solr which offers a powerful full-text search and hit highlighting. The search form can be found within the mast head of each page. Enter a search term within the search input box and click on the spy glass icon. Visit the search help page for more information.

Symbol report help

Each gene with an approved PGNC symbol has its own Symbol Report that contains our manually curated data and links to other external bioresources. The HGNC "core data" is displayed at the top of the page in a separate box and presents the approved nomenclature, the unique PGNC ID number, synonyms, previous nomenclature, locus type, chromosomal location, and a primary ID for the main resource for gene in the species. The table below the PGNC "core data" provides links to external resources such as NCBI Gene, UniProt, Phytozome among others.