Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-50576
Dear Shenqin,
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:
Identification of Novel Hh Sensors Using a High-Throughput RNAi Screen in
Drosophila Cultured Cells
You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, iHog. 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, if iHog has a full name (not clear what iHog might be short for)
then this would be a good time to tell me so I can get it into the
database.
With best wishes,
Rachel.
Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-50576
Dear Rachel,
The iHog gene corresponds to CG9211 in the Genome Project CG
annotations. It is short for interference hedgehog since iHog was
identified as a novel Hedgehog pathway component in a genome-wide
screen utilizing RNA interference. I hope this information helps. And
please don't hesitate to contact me if you need more information about
iHog.
Best regards,
Shenqin