Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10529 Dear Mathias, 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: 'Ima, a novel partner of dRalA, interacts with Smox and RNA-binding proteins.' You mention a gene that is new to FlyBase, Ima. 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. \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D. FlyBase (Cambridge), \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10529 Dear Rachel, The gene we call ima consists of the two annotated sequences CG4117 and CG15656. In the course of our studies we sequenced the EST clone LD27118 and found that its sequence combines both predicted genes. The predicted domain structure of CG4117 remains unaffected. With best wishes, Mathias Beller Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie Abteilung Molekulare Entwicklungsbiologie Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Telefon: 0551 / 2011657
