Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-50738
Dear Gregory,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 46th
(San Diego) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
Mutations in the Drosophila GTPase dMiro disrupt microtubules,
mitochondrial transport, synaptic structure and function.
You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, miro. 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.
Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-50738
Hello Rachel,
The gene (dMiro) we are looking at is CG5410,
the fly ortholog of human Miro (Fransson et al., 2003).
Fransson, A., Ruusala, A., and Aspenstrom, P. (2003).
Atypical Rho GTPases have roles in mitochondrial homeostasis
and apoptosis. J Biol Chem 278, 6495-6502.
Sincerely
Greg