EMBL - Nomenclature-related Sites

Sites providing information on gene nomenclature

Organism	Relevant sites
Arabidopsis thaliana	Summary of Nomenclature Guidelines
	"Community Standards for Arabidopsis Genetics" publication
Aspergillus nidulans	Alphabetical locus lists
Bos	Bovine Lymphocyte Antigens Nomenclature Committee, including Nomenclature rules for BoLA alleles
Danio rerio (Zebrafish)	Zebrafish Nomenclature Guidelines
Drosophila	FlyBase, a database of Drosophila Genome, including Genetic nomenclature for Drosophila melanogaster document
Caenorhabditis elegans	Recommended Genetic Nomenclature (MRC), Gene Names @ CGC
Homo sapiens	Human gene nomenclature committee, including Guidelines for Human Gene Nomenclature Human Gene Nomenclature Database Search
Mus musculus	Mouse Nomenclature Rules and Guidelines, MGI homepage
Neurospora crassa	Neurospora genetic nomenclature. Fungal Genetics Newsletter 46:31-41
Rattus norvegicus	Summary of Rat Locus Symbol Nomenclature, Rules for Nomenclature of Genes, Gene Query Form @ RGD
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	SGD Gene Naming Guidelines

Protein	Relevant site(s)
All	Integrated relational Enzyme database
All	IUPAC-IUBMB "Nomenclature and Symbolism for Amino Acids and Peptides" document IUPAC-IUB "Nomenclature of Multiple Forms of Enzymes" documentNC-IUB "Nomenclature for multienzymes" document
All	IUBMB Nomenclature Committee
Allergens	Nomenclature and index in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot "Allergen Nomenclature" document by WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Subcommittee
CD antigens	Nomenclature for surface proteins of human leucocytes (CD) in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
Cytochrome P450	Cytochrome P450 (CYP) Allele Nomenclature Committee
Ephrins and their receptors	Nomenclature site for the Eph receptors and their ligands, the ephrins, Harvard Medical School
Glycosyl hydrolases	Nomenclature and index in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
Hox proteins	Vertebrate homeotic Hox proteins: nomenclature and index of UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries
Metalloproteins	Nomenclature and index of metallothioneins in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
Peptidases	Nomenclature and index of peptidases in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot