Subject: advice on changing a gene name
Hi Rachael,
We've been working on a gene we termed kisir for a couple of years.
The first allele we isolated was a male sterile \- hence we named it
kisir (turkish for sterile). We have yet to publish any details on the
gene except for what is in Flybase already and DNA/Protein
accessions. We have now generated null alleles and wish to submit a
paper shortly to the Journal of Neuroscience. HOwever the
phenotype is one of slow peristaltic crawling. Richard Baines has
suggested we call it slowmo, and this would be ok as it would still be
the first publication of the gene function. I just wanted to check that
this was an ok thing to do as far as Flybase was concerned. Any
advice?
Thanks,
Kevin
Dr K.G.Moffat
Dept.Biol.Sci.
Uni.Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
UK
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Subject: Re: advice on changing a gene name
Hi Kevin,
Since the only group that has so far published on this gene in any way
is your own then it is possible for you to change it. I would urge you
to do so soon and the best thing is for you to email me an explicit
request to rename from kisir to slowmo (presumably full name would be
slow motion) so that the name change is in place before we curate your
paper. We'd archive your mail and change the name in the main files in
advance of your paper, just in case anyone else published on kisir or
used slowmo for another gene in another publication before yours comes out.
Hope this is helpful,
All the best.
Rachel.
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Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D.
FlyBase (Cambridge),
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Subject: Re: FB-NG Help Mail: gene data update
Hi Rachel,
I have a record of emailing you in February of 2003 re this very matter
(attached) \- It was subsequently some years before we finally got the gene
published. We would very much like to change the name to slowmo (slmo) if that
is at all possible.
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Thanks
Kevin