Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10443 Dear Ronald, 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: A screen for genes involved in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, PSR. 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. \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D. FlyBase (Cambridge), \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10443 Hello Rachel, Sorry I did not respond sooner. The gene that I am referring to is CG5383. This gene is similar to the human phosphatidylserine receptor and codes for the following amino acid sequence: MSEEFKLPKRSRKRTREVKRKARPELDGENAWSAMRYCEKFEPFWDFTDN LERIEESQVPESEFIERFERPYKPVVIRGCTDGWLALEKWTLARLAKKYR NQKFKCGEDNEGYSVKMKMKYYVEYMQSTRDDSPLYIFDSSFGEHHRRRK LLDDYVVPKYFRDDLFQYCGENRRPPYRWFVMGPARSGTGIHIDPLGTSA WNTLIRGHKRWCLFPTQTPKELLKVTSAMGGKQRDEAITWFSTIYPRTQL PSWPEQYRPIEVLQGAGETVFVPGGWWHVVLNMDDTIAITQNFSSQTNFP CVWHKTVRGRPKLSRKWLRVLRDQRPELAQIADSINLNESTGFASDSSSN SSSSSSSSSSSSEEEESDDGGDSNTDSGQESLTAKKKKKRRMAGGGSGSG SMGGSSRS I hope this helps Ron Krieser