Subject: Curation of 36th Ann. Dros. Conf. abstract 8B
Dear Dr. Britt,
I am a curator of FlyBase at the Cambridge, England, site working with
Prof. M. Ashburner.
I shall be curating the abstracts from the 36th Ann. Dros. Res. Conf.
Your abstract, 8B, discusses a novel opsin gene. In your abstract you
neither give this gene a symbol or name, have you decided upon either?
Do you know the cytological or genetic location of the gene or the
function of the gene product?
As this is a new gene the information will be very useful to users of
FlyBase.
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated and will be
curated as a personal communication.
Many thanks,
Eleanor Whitfield.
Subject: Re: Curation of 36th Ann. Dros. Conf. abstract 8B
Dear Eleanor,
>Your abstract, 8B, discusses a novel opsin gene. In your abstract you
>neither give this gene a symbol or name, have you decided upon either?
Rh5: Rhodopsin 5
>Do you know the cytological or genetic location of the gene or the
>function of the gene product?
not yet mapped
The Rh5 gene encodes a functional opsin, as demonstrated by
electroretinogram analysis of ninaE mutant flies transformed with the Rh5
cDNA, under the control of the Rh1 (ninaE) promoter.
>Curation of 36th Ann. Dros. Conf........
Sounds like a big job! It's great that 'y'all' are putting all of this
stuff on the net.
Good luck!
Steve