Subject: RE: FlyBase query Dear Gillian, .. concerning your queries: (1) cdc2-63E was a name given to this gene originally by Steve Stowers \- but it has now been called L63 or Eip63E (Ecdysone-induced protein 63E) or CG10579 .. (2) We found that l(3)S070006, l(3)S070016, L(3)02619 and l(3)L6750 fail to complement. And the sequence flanking L(3)L6750 has been determined \- BLAST searching with this sequence pulls out CG3874 = frc (see below), as does l(3)10098 which is said to be an allele of frc in flybase. So that was our logic \- but I guess given what you say about frc being in an intron of another gene it could be complicated. Looking at the current information now, l(3)10098 is within the 5'UTR of CG3874 whereas L(3)L6750 is approx 177 bp 5' to this, but so is l(3)00073 (an allele of frc) 177 bp 5' to this. So it is likely then if l(3)00073 is an allele of frc, so is L(3)L6750. We don't have data on the complementation of l(3)00073 or l(3)10098 with L(3)L6750 to confirm this though. So that's what we have. I hope that provides some clarification. Best regards, Helena ________________________________________________________________________ _________ >CG3874-RA type=transcript; loc= 3L:complement (17396840..17398447);Feature on Genome Map ID=CG3874-RA; name=frc-RA; db_xref=FlyBase:FBtr0075228,FlyBase:FBgn0042641, Gadfly:CG3874-RA ; species=dmel; len=1608 Length = 1608 Score = 604 bits (314), Expect = e-172 BLAST HIT on Genome Map Identities = 314/314 (100%) Strand = Plus / Plus Query: 177 cacactgaacatatgttccggggagaatggctgcgatttcgcgtcggtaaaaatagcaaa 236 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Sbjct: 1 cacactgaacatatgttccggggagaatggctgcgatttcgcgtcggtaaaaatagcaaa 60 Query: 237 tactcgttaatgtgctgtgggaacgcttcctccccggccccaaagtggccccgaagaaag 296 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Sbjct: 61 tactcgttaatgtgctgtgggaacgcttcctccccggccccaaagtggccccgaagaaag 120 Query: 297 tgagcaaatgtgcgcgccgcaagatagtcgccgccgaacaaacgatagtgacgaaagtga 356 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Sbjct: 121 tgagcaaatgtgcgcgccgcaagatagtcgccgccgaacaaacgatagtgacgaaagtga 180 Query: 357 tttaattcaactaccagcactcccgcaaatacgatgagtatgtcgcgcggcggcaacaca 416 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Sbjct: 181 tttaattcaactaccagcactcccgcaaatacgatgagtatgtcgcgcggcggcaacaca 240 Query: 417 actctggacttgcagccgctcctggcggagagcgatgtcggaaacagggagctggaggag 476 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Sbjct: 241 actctggacttgcagccgctcctggcggagagcgatgtcggaaacagggagctggaggag 300 Query: 477 aagatgggcggatc 490 |||||||||||||| Sbjct: 301 aagatgggcggatc 314 \-----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 3:38 AM To: Richardson Helena Subject: FlyBase query Dear Dr. Richardson, I am curating your paper for FlyBase: Brumby et al., 2004, Genetics 168(1): 227--251 and I have a couple of questions. 1. In Table 1, one of the candidate genes you list (for the Df(3L)GN50 region) is 'cdc2-63E'. FlyBase doesn't have a record for a gene with this kind of symbol, but I am trying to work out if it corresponds to a gene we already have. Do you know which of the CG predicted gene annotations it corresponds to ? \- in which case I could rename the CG gene to 'cdc2-63E' in FlyBase. 2. on page 242, in the section where you describe the mapping of the 3.1 complementation group, you state that l(3)S070006 is allelic to l(3)L6750 and that l(3)L6750 corresponds to frc (fringe connection). I am wondering how you know this allelism \- I would like to be able to merge the 'l(3)S070006' and 'l(3)L6750' gene records in with the frc gene record in FlyBase, however I am a bit nervous because the frc gene annotation (CG3874) is located within an intron of another gene (CG32174) so the mapping and complementation data for these P-element alleles may well be complicated. Do you have any complementation data for 'l(3)S070006', 'l(3)L6750' and any particular alleles of frc or any other data which might help clear this up. Any info you give me would be recorded as a personal communication to FlyBase, so that users can see how we knew the information. thanks, Gillian \-------------------------------------------------------------- Gillian Millburn. FlyBase (Cambridge), \--------------------------------------------------------------