Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10700. - Wernet, M. (2001)
Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10700 Dear Mathias, We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 42nd (Washington, D.C.) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase. I am writing in connection with your abstract: 'Identifying genes involved in opsin regulation and photoreceptor cell type specification using a Gal4 enhancer trap screen.' You mention two genes that are new to FlyBase, P10 and P53. Do you know which of the Genome Project CG annotations your genes correspond to? All the CGs have corresponding gene records in FlyBase already and we don't like to make duplicate records for what is actually the same gene unless we can't avoid it. If your genes do not correspond to a CG then perhaps you could tell me their map locations, as this is valuable information for the genome annotation project. Thank you for your help, with best wishes, Rachel. Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10700 Hi Rachel, >You mention two genes that are new to FlyBase, P10 and P53. Do you >know which of the Genome Project CG annotations your genes correspond >to? In the meantime I rescued genomic DNA flanking these two P-elements and it turned out that I targeted two already known genes: P53 turned out to be homothorax and P10 is elbow. Maybe, to be precise I should say elbowB? Originally it was thought that there are two genes elA and elB, but \- if I am well informed, the genomic sequence revealed only one transcript. I don't know if it should be called elbowA, B or simply elbow...? thank you, Mathias. \----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mathias Wernet Dept. Biology NYU 1009 Main Building 100 Washington Square East New York NY 10003-6688 Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10700 Dear Matthias, Thanks for the information \- I will use your mail as a personal communication from you to FlyBase to serve as the source for the info. >and P10 is elbow. Maybe, to be precise I should say elbowB? >Originally it was thought that there are two genes elA and elB, but \- if I >am well informed, the genomic sequence revealed only one transcript. I >don't know if it should be called elbowA, B or simply elbow...? If you mean your P10 maps to CG4220 then we should say elB. However the fact the first round of annotation did not assign a CG to elA should not be taken as evidence that an elA transcript does not exist. I'll link P10 to elB unless I hear from you to do otherwise. Many thanks for your help, With best wishes, Rachel.