Subject: Re: rpl25 vs. rpl23a
Stefan
Yes, I think you are correct that what FB calls RpL23a and RpL25 are indeed
the same thing. Only RpL23a has an associated gene model and sequence.
FB will now merge these two 'genes' into one under the name RpL23a.
Thanks for the heads up.
Michael Ashburner
> Subject: rpl25 vs. rpl23a
>
> Hi,
>
> I noticed a mixup in FlyBase between rpl25 (FBgn0014878) and rpl23a
> (FBgn0026372).
> I was searching for the drosophila homolog of yeast rpl25, and a BDGP
> BLAST search comes up with drosophila rpl23 as the closest homolog.
> There is no genbank entry or any other sequence file associated with
> rpl25 in FlyBase.
> According to FlyBase, though, drosophila rpl23a and the elusive
> drosophila rpl25 map to slightly different intervals (62A for rpl23a
> vs 62C for rpl25).
> I assume there has been some annotation problem due to the confusing
> nomenclature for ribosomal proteins, and I assume the entries for
> rpl25 and rpl23a are supposed to refer to the same single gene.
>
> regards,
> Stefan
>
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