Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10103
Dear Efe,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 45th
(Washington DC) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
Population genetics of trehalose pathway genes in Drosophila melanogaster and
Drosophila simulans.
You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, UDPGPP. 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. The CG symbols become synonyms when an
annotation is named with a more descriptive or functional name.
With best wishes,
Rachel.
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Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D.
FlyBase (Cambridge),
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Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10103
Dear Rachel,
Thank you for your warning email. This issue of different names for the
genes is a real problem and I hope it will disappear by time trough
integration of data in the flybase. I used the symbol UDPGPP because this
was one of the names used couple of years ago. Now I checked Flybase again.
I think using the symbol UGP (which stands for UTP-glucose-1-phosphate
uridyltransferase) will be more appropriate.
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Thank you very much for your time and concerns,
EFE SEZGIN
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245
Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10103
Dear Efe,
UGP should be fine for a gene symbol though I's still like to know if
you know which CG UGP corresponds to, provided that this is information
that you are happy to have made public.
Many thanks for your prompt reply.
With best wishes,
Rachel.
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Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D.
FlyBase (Cambridge),
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Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10103
Dear Rachel,
I am sorry I forgot to mention the CG of the gene. The coding gene code for
UGP is CG4347.
thanks,
EFE SEZGIN
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245