Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10018
Dear Anand,
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:
Central role of 'metal transcription factor' (MTF-1) in metal homeostasis
revealed by targeted mutagenesis in D.melanogaster.
You mention genes that are new to FlyBase, MtnC and MtnD. Do you know which of
the Genome Project CG annotations your genes correspond 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 genes do not correspond to CGs then
perhaps you could tell me their genomic location, as this is valuable
information for the genome annotation project. As it happens an MtnD has
recently been introduced to our dataset, representing CG33192 \- though this
may not have been public when you wrote your abstract. Is this the same gene
as your MtnD?
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-10018
Dear Rachel,
Thanks for your note.
MtnC has a CG number and it is CG5097
The accession number for MtnD is AF546903 in gene bank.
I visited the CG number (FlyBase) you wrote me and it is the same MtnD and
actually i wrote to flybase about this MtnD last year and it seems they
have given it a CG number. But i haven`t got any updated information from
them. Anyway, I think it is clear now.
will be happy to answer any further clarification.
regards
anand
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