Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-65
Dear Jessica,
We are curating the abstracts for the upcoming Bellevue (Seattle)
Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase. I am writing (this
time) in connection with your abstract:
'Actin-mediated changes in cell shape coordinate the timing of
Drosophila photoreceptor differentiation.'
You mention a gene that is new to FlyBase, acu. Do you have a map
location for acu? This is a data class we like to track.
Another abstract, number 441B:
Act-up regulates actin organisation and cell polarity in
Drosophila. B. Baum 1, Z. Wills 2, D. Van
Vactor 2, N. Perrimon 1. 1) Dept Genetics, HHMI,
Harvard Medical Sch, Boston, MA; 2) Dept Cell Biology, Harvard Medical Sch,
Boston, MA.
also mentions acu, is this the same acu as yours?
Thank you for your help,
with best wishes,
Rachel.
Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-600B
Dear Jessica,
(Pittsburgh) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
'blind spot is required for progression of differentiation across
the Drosophila eye disc.'
You mention a gene that is new to FlyBase, blind spot. Do you have a
map location for blind spot? This is a data class we like to track.
Unfortunately bls (the symbol you would like to use for blind spot) is
already in use (bls: bractless, FBgn0028643). The symbol 'bli' is
however available - would you like to use that for blind spot
instead?
Thank you for your help,
with best wishes,
Rachel.
Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-65
Dear Rachel,
The map position of acu is 21F1-2 - it is the same gene studied by Norbert
Perrimon's lab, and encodes a homologue of yeast cyclase associated
protein.
The map position of blind spot is 78A2, and I can switch to the
abbreviation bli.
Best wishes,
Jessica Treisman
Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine
Developmental Genetics Program
NYU Medical Center
540 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016