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The editorial board of The Plant Cell recognizes gene nomenclature as an important issue and fully supports adherence to convention for naming genes. It is the responsibility of each scientist in the community to see that conventions are maintained, but The Plant Cell can play an important role. The policy of The Plant Cell, as outlined in the new instructions to authors, will be changed to address this issue and to help avoid problems such as those discussed by Luan et al. As of the January 2002 issue, publication in The Plant Cell will require authors who are introducing new gene or protein nomenclature to submit a statement that outlines possible conflicts or confusions regarding their nomenclature and confirms that they have consulted the literature and other resources before naming their gene(s). The first published use of a gene name has priority and should be used. Authors must provide a detailed explanation for using a new or different name for a mutant, gene, or protein that has been named previously.

For Arabidopsis mutant genes, authors must follow the guidelines for naming genes outlined by Meinke and Koornneef (1997) and register new mutant gene symbols with David Meinke (see http://www.arabidopsis.org/links/nomenclature.html). This URL also provides other useful information and links on plant gene and protein classification.

Other resources that are available on plant gene nomenclature include:

http://mbclserver.rutgers.edu/CPGN/Guide.html (A Guide to Naming Sequenced Plant Genes),

http://www.uga.edu/~ispmb/cpgn. html (The Commission on Plant Gene Nomenclature),

http://www.agron.missouri.edu/maize_nomenclature.html (A Standard for Maize Genetics Nomenclature),

http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/rice/oryzabase/basic/geneName.shtml(Rules for Gene Symbols in Rice),

http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/wgc/98/ (Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat).

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Meinke, D., and Koornneef, M. (1997). Community standards for Arabidopsis genetics. Plant J. 12, 247–253.[CrossRef][ISI]

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