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galt
  Fri Apr 18 16:40:00 2025 -0700
refs #34754

diff --git src/hg/lib/hgncBig62.as src/hg/lib/hgncBig62.as
index 1fd4cc335d5..f6876e9af0d 100644
--- src/hg/lib/hgncBig62.as
+++ src/hg/lib/hgncBig62.as
@@ -1,67 +1,67 @@
 table hgncBig62
 "A cross-reference table between HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) IDs and other database IDs."
     (
     string chrom;      "Chromosome (or contig, scaffold, etc.)"
     uint   chromStart; "Start position in chromosome"
     uint   chromEnd;   "End position in chromosome"
     string name;       "HGNC Identifier"
     uint   score;      "Score from 0-1000"
-    char[1] strand;    "Placeholder value"
+    char[1] strand;    "+ or - for strand"
     uint thickStart;   "Start of where display should be thick (start codon)"
     uint thickEnd;     "End of where display should be thick (stop codon)"
     uint reserved;     "Used as itemRgb as of 2004-11-22"
 
     string symbol; "Gene Symbol"
     string geneName; "Gene Name"
     string locus_group; "Locus Group"
     string locus_type; "Locus Type"
     string status; "Status"
     string location; "Cytogenetic Location"
     string location_sortable; "Cytogenetic Location (sortable)"
     string alias_symbol; "Other Symbols Used"
     lstring alias_name; "Other Names Used"
     string prev_symbol; "Previous Approved HGNC Symbols"
     lstring prev_name; "Previous Approved HGNC Names"
     string gene_group; "Gene Family"
     string gene_group_id; "Gene Family ID"
     string date_approved_reserved; "Date Symbol First Approved"
     string date_symbol_changed; "Date Symbol Last Changed"
     string date_name_changed; "Date Name Last Changed"
     string date_modified; "Data Entry Last Changed"
     string entrez_id; "Entrez gene ID"
     string ensembl_gene_id; "Ensembl gene ID"
     string vega_id; "Vega gene ID"
     string ucsc_id; "UCSC gene ID"
     string ena; "International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration  accession"
     string refseq_accession; "RefSeq nucleotide accesions(s)"
     string ccds_id; "Consensus CDS ID"
     string uniprot_ids; "UniProt protein accession."
     string pubmed_id; "Pubmed PMID"
-    string mgd_id; "Mouse genome informatics ID"
+    lstring mgd_id; "Mouse genome informatics ID"
     string rgd_id; "Rat genome database ID"
     lstring lsdb; "Locus Specific Mutations Database ID"
     string cosmic; "Catalogue of somatic mutations ID"
     string omim_id; "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man ID"
     string mirbase; "mirBase ID"
     string homeodb; "Homeibox Database ID"
     string snornabase; "snoRNABase ID"
     string bioparadigms_slc; "Bioparadigms SLC ID"
     string orphanet; "Orphanet ID"
     string pseudogeneOrg; "PseudogeneOrg ID"
     string horde_id; "HORDE ID"
     string merops; "MEROPS peptide database"
     string imgt; "ImMunoGeneTics ID"
     string iuphar; "IUPHAR ID"
     string kznf_gene_catalog; "KZNF Gene Catalog ID"
     string mamitTrnadb; "Mamit-tRNA ID"
     string cd; "Cell Differentiation Database ID"
     string lncrnadb; "lncRNA Database ID"
     string enzyme_id; "ENZYME EC accession"
     string intermediate_filament_db; "Intermediate Filament Database"
     string rna_central_ids; "RNAcentral ID"
     string lncipedia; "LNCipedia ID"
     string gtrnadb; "Genomic tRNA Database ID"
     string agr; "Alliance of Genome Resources ID"
     string mane_select; "MANE Select ID(s)"
     string gencc; "GenCC ID"
     )