Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10306 Dear Genny, We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 44th (Chicago) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase. I am writing in connection with your abstract: Functional analysis of the Drosophila spastin gene. You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, Spastin. 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. Also, if you have settled on a short symbol for your gene now would be a good time to let me know what it is, as then I can enter it in the database from the outset. Thank you very much for your help, with best wishes, Rachel. \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D. FlyBase (Cambridge), \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10306 Dear Rachel, the gene mentioned in the abstract is the homolog of the human SPG3A (spastin) gene. It corresponds to CG5977, and we call it D-spastin. I would suggest spas as a shorthand, but feel free to change to whatever you like in case the symbol already existed. If you need further clarifications, please let me know. Regards, andrea Andrea Daga Assistant Telethon Scientist Dulbecco Telethon Institute and Department of Pharmacology University of Padova Largo Meneghetti 2 35121 Padova \- Italy
