Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature

Genome Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ziemann, Mark ^a   Eren, Yotam ^a,b   El Osta, Assam ^a,b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene symbol; Microsoft Excel; Supplementary data

Indexed keywords

ERROR; GENOMICS; NOMENCLATURE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOFTWARE; GENE; HUMAN; PUBLICATION;

GENES; HUMANS; PUBLICATIONS; SOFTWARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84988349809     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7     Document Type: Note

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