Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10451
Dear Alessia,
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:
Molecular and functional analyses of the Drosophila atlastin homolog
You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, atlastin. 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.
Also, if atlastin has picked up a short symbol since you submitted the
abstract then this would be a good time to tell me so I can get it into
the database.
With best wishes,
Rachel.
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Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D.
FlyBase (Cambridge),
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Subject: Atlastin
Dear Rachel,
I am replying to your request on behalf of Alessia. The gene we mention in
the abstract is the fly homolog of human SPG3a or atlastin. It corresponds
to CG6668 and does not have an official name yet. We have named it
D-atlastin and I would suggest using atl as a shorthand.
Best wishes,
Andrea
Andrea Daga
Assistant Telethon Scientist
Dulbecco Telethon Institute and
Department of Pharmacology
Fondazione Telethon and
University of Padova
Largo Meneghetti 2
35131 Padova \- Italy