Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10067 Dear Luis, 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: charlatan, a gene encoding a Zn-finger factor involved in nervous system development. You mention a mutation that is new to FlyBase, chnEPIL#6, and say 'inserted near the transcription origin of chn' which indicates you know which CG chn corresponds to. If so, then please could you let me know which it is? 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. chn would of course be the valid symbol for the locus after the chn record was merged with the CG record. Also, it sounds liek the EP insert is not one of the Gene Disruption Project inserts, but is novel. If you could confirm this for me that would be great. Thanks for your help. With best wishes, Rachel. \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D. FlyBase (Cambridge), \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10067 Dear Rachel I am sorry for the delay Please find enclosed the information that you request. We consider that chn is CG11798. EPIL6 is a novel insertion of a EP element, it is located 122 pb 5' to the CG11798 predicted gene. With best wishes. Luis M. Escudero Cuadrado.
