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Is it possible to know if all gene names are recognized? #19

Closed cybluetree closed 3 years ago

cybluetree commented 3 years ago

Sometimes, there is inconsistency in gene names. One gene may have several names. Is there anyway to know if Enrichr recognize all gene names in the input gene list? Mis-recognition may lead to false positive or false negative results. Thanks!

maxim-k commented 3 years ago

Enrichr allows all strings with no special characters and considers them as gene names. What happens next depends on a specific gene set library. We treat source data with respect and modify it as less as possible. I.e. the same gene is "MOP3" in "MGI Mammalian Phenotype 2013" and "ARNTL" in "MGI Mammalian Phenotype Level 4 2019" as these names were correct when we created the libraries.