Subject: EDRC99 - abstract ID256
Dear Dr. Volkner,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming European
Drosophila Research Conference in Zurich, for FlyBase. I am writing in
connection with your abstract:
'Cloning and characterization of two newly identified glutamate
receptor genes in Drosophila'
You mention 2 glutamate receptor genes that are new to FlyBase,
'DGluR-IB' and 'DKaiR-IA'. We do not prefix with 'D' for Drosophila in
FlyBase, so the 'D' at the beginning of the symbol must be dropped.
Also, the format of the gene symbols for these type of receptors in
FlyBase is 'Glu-RA', 'Glu-RI', 'Glu-RIIA' etc. Would it be OK with you
if the valid symbols for you 2 genes in FlyBase were 'Glu-RIB' and
'Kai-RIA' to fit in with this format ?
Does the 'Kai' stand for 'Kainate' - if so, the full name for this gene
in FlyBase could be 'Kainate receptor IA' ?
Also, do you have a map location for 'DGluR-IB' and 'DKaiR-IA'? It is
nice if we can keep as many gene records as possible anchored to the
map.
Thank you for your help,
with best wishes,
Chihiro
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Chihiro Yamada.
FlyBase (Cambridge),
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Dear Chihiro,
Thank you for your interest. In principle for me it would be OK naming them Glu-
RIB and Kai-RIA. It is also right that the Kai stands for Kainate but this only
comes from sequence-homologies to vertebrate-receptor-sequences. So it might be
better naming it Glu-RIIIA if possible. The location for Glu-RIB is '3L 67 A,B'
and for Kai-RIA '3R 90C,D'.
Best regards,
Michaela.
Michaela Voelkner
Max Planck-Institute for Brain Research
Neurochemistry
Deutschordenstrasse 46
60528 Frankfurt/Main
Germany