Subject: FlyBase query
Dear Dr. Pointud,
I am curating your abstract for FlyBase:
Pointud et al., 1998, Int. J. Dev. Biol. 42(6): 29S
'Function of the bric a brac genes during adult ovary and leg
morphogenesis.'
in which you describe the isolation of two genes: bab-I and bab-II.
At the moment FlyBase only has a record of one bab (bric a brac) gene. I
would like to confirm whether either/both of your bab genes is the same as
the bab already in FlyBase. Is the situation like polyhomeotic, where
there are two duplicated copies of the polyhomoetic gene, ph-d (distal) and
ph-p (proximal) ? If this is the case, I would be grateful for any
information you may have about the molecular nature of the bab mutations
already in FlyBase - do you know whether they are in bab-I or bab-II. I
include a list of the bab mutations below (<up></up> = superscript),
babE1
babP
babPR10
babPR11
babPR23
babPR24
babPR30
babPR72
babPRDS
I look forward to hearing from you,
Gillian Millburn
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FlyBase (Cambridge),
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Subject: Re: FlyBase query
Dear Dr. Millburn,
The bab gene recorded in Flybase is the bab-I gene.
The bab-II gene is at the same cytological location (61F) but is
MOLECULARLY DIFFERENT of the bab-I gene.
All the bab mutations in Flybase are in the bab-I gene.
Sincerely yours,
POINTUD Jean-christophe
Unité; INSERM U384
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