Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-50155
Dear Selim,
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:
Novel intracellular localisations and functions of SPoCk, a Drosophila
Ca2+/Mn2+;ATPase.
You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, SPoCk. 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. Also,
we like to record a full gene name for the symbols. SPoCk looks like an
abbreviation \- could you let me know what it stands for?
With best wishes,
Rachel.
Dear Rachel,
I am writing on behalf of Selim Terhzaz (University of Glasgow)
regarding the gene SPoCk. I named the gene when I was doing my PhD in
Glasgow, the CG number is CG32451. It's named SPoCk because it is a
Secretory Pathway Calcium atpase, and it sits next to a gene called jim
(sorry bad Star Trek joke). If you need any further information please
contact me. I found an extra 3 transcripts which will need to be updated on
Flybase, do we do this when we publish the paper or before?
Best regards
Tony Southall