Hello fellow colleagues,
The following has come to our attention. While searching the database
with poe sequence, retrived via the flybase, the result was unexpected.
It turns out that the available partial poe sequence appears to be
identical to the pushover sequence, even at the animoacid level search.
Are they the same gene or is there another answer? By the way, pushover
is completely sequenced and has recently been posted on the net.
Please reply,
Ben Timakov.....
> Dear Ben
>
> Thanks for your email. poe and pushover map to about the same place
> (28E1 is what FlyBase says for pushover and 28E1-9 for poe). FlyBase
> has a sequence for pushover, but not for poe, so I cannot confirm
> that they are the same. Where did you get the poe sequence from ?
>
> If they are the same then we need to find out which name was used
> first - that will be the valid name. Rachel Drysdale will look
> into this and advise.
>
> Michael Ashburner.
>
Subject: poe & pushover
Dera Michael
Thank you for the reply. Yes, after noticing their map positions I was really inclined to write
about this issue. Here is the accession number for ms(2)01659, a Drosophila melanogaster P lethal
line : AQ026403. Also, ms(2)01659 is synonymus with poe, induced by P-element mutagenesis. I hope
this helps out and I would like to know the outcome, if possible.
Ben Timakov.......