Answers.Body: <p>You might want to use Biomart to figure out the official names for those genes based on their aliases.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Can I trust NCBI? For instance this link which says TBX21 is an official gene name? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/30009
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Answers.Text: Yes, you can trust NCBI. Like I said in an earlier comment, HGNC provides the "official" gene symbols, and NCBI/EnsEMBL cross-referencing is reliable.
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Body: <p>I have a Seurat object made by human single cells</p>
  <p>I am mapping some genes on that but no sign of expression</p>
  <p>When I GOOGLE for those genes I see the genes have different names</p>
  <p>How I know Seurat uses which gene name please</p>
  <p>This is my list</p>
  <pre><code>CD45
  MHC II
  CD11b
  Ly6C
  Ly6G
  F4/80
  CD11c
  CD38
  Arg1
  SiglecF
  CD206
  CD62L
  CD103
  iNOS
  PD-L1
  TNFa
  CD64
  TCRgd
  Foxp3
  RORgt
  CD8α
  Tbet
  CD25
  IFN-γ
  CD44
  CD86
  CD80
  PD-1
  B220
  NK1.1
  CD19
  CD4
  TCR β
  </code></pre>
  <p>From this list only 6 genes being mapped on the Seurat data</p>
  
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Comments.Text: You have [already asked this question](https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/questions/16159/converting-gene-symbols-between-species) and it has been answered - with the exact same response. Why are you opening multiple threads instead of exploring more on your own?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Ram RS
Tags: <scrnaseq><gene><seurat><10x-genomics>
Title: Getting conventional gene symbol for Seurat
ThreadText: # Getting conventional gene symbol for Seurat
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-17)
  
  I have a Seurat object made by human single cells
  
  I am mapping some genes on that but no sign of expression
  
  When I GOOGLE for those genes I see the genes have different names
  
  How I know Seurat uses which gene name please
  
  This is my list
  
  ```
  CD45
  MHC II
  CD11b
  Ly6C
  Ly6G
  F4/80
  CD11c
  CD38
  Arg1
  SiglecF
  CD206
  CD62L
  CD103
  iNOS
  PD-L1
  TNFa
  CD64
  TCRgd
  Foxp3
  RORgt
  CD8α
  Tbet
  CD25
  IFN-γ
  CD44
  CD86
  CD80
  PD-1
  B220
  NK1.1
  CD19
  CD4
  TCR β
  
  ```
  
  From this list only 6 genes being mapped on the Seurat data
  
  **Tags:** scrnaseq, gene, seurat, 10x-genomics
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: You have [already asked this question](https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/questions/16159/converting-gene-symbols-between-species) and it has been answered - with the exact same response. Why are you opening multiple threads instead of exploring more on your own?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-06-17. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  You might want to use Biomart to figure out the official names for those genes based on their aliases.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Can I trust NCBI? For instance this link which says TBX21 is an official gene name? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/30009  
  > **username_1**: Yes, you can trust NCBI. Like I said in an earlier comment, HGNC provides the "official" gene symbols, and NCBI/EnsEMBL cross-referencing is reliable.  
  
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