Mistaken Identifiers: Gene name errors can be introduced inadvertently when using Excel in bioinformatics Correspondence Open access Published: 23 June 2004 Mistaken Identifiers: Gene name errors can be introduced inadvertently when using Excel in bioinformatics Barry R Zeeberg1, Joseph Riss2, David W Kane3, Kimberly J Bussey1, Edward Uchio4, W Marston Linehan4, J Carl Barrett2 & …John N Weinstein