Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-441B
Dear Buzz,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 41st
(Pittsburgh) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
'Act-up regulates actin organisation and cell polarity in
Drosophila.'
You mention a gene that is new to FlyBase, acu. Do you have a map location for your gene? This is a data class we like to track, if possible.
Another abstract, number 65:
Actin-mediated changes in cell shape coordinate the timing of
Drosophila photoreceptor differentiation. J.E. Treisman , A.
Benlali , I. Draskovic , D.J. Hazelett. Skirball Institute and Dept. of
Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
10016.
also mentions acu, is this the same acu as yours?
Thank you for your help,
with best wishes,
Rachel.
Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-441B
Dear Rachel,
Act-ually, act-up is a name I decdided against.
I previously presented the gene at the European Drosophila conference as
capulet. It is the same gene as the Treisman act-up. It is a homologue of
the
Drosophila cyclase associated protein, located at 21F.
Buzz
Re: the gene symbol -- Since cap is taken I thought
D-cap or perhaps capt.
Buzz Baum,
Dept. of Genetics,
Harvard Med. School, HHMI,
200 Longwood Ave.,
Boston,
MA 02115.