Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10317
Dear Elizabeth,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 43rd
(San Diego) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
'C(2)M is a component of the synaptonemal complex specifically required for
crossing over.'
You mention a gene that is new to FlyBase, c(2)M. Do you know which of the
Genome Project CG annotations your gene corresponds to? All the CGs
have corresponding gene records in FlyBase already and we don't like to
make duplicate records for what is actually the same gene unless we
can't avoid it. If your gene does not correspond to a CG then perhaps
you could tell me its map location, as this is valuable information for
the genome annotation project.
Thank you very much for your help,
with best wishes,
Rachel.
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Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D.
FlyBase (Cambridge),
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Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10317
Hi Rachel--C(2)M is actually the same thing as mei-910, which is already
in flybase. The original name arose from a screen we did, but we have
decided to change the name to c(2)M so that it is more in keeping with its
function and the other known protein, c(3)G, that it is most
similar to. c(2)M is also a crossover
suppressor, on second instead of third, and is a synaptonemal complex
component as well. Thus, we thought it would be kind of clever and in
keeping with c(3)G to name it c(2)M.
Is this helpful information? Do you need anything more?
Also, mei-910 is listed under GM03132 as well.
Elizabeth