Subject: Helping FlyBase: EDRC-CB2
Dear Jorg,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the 19th (Eger)
European Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
Developmental control of nuclear size and shape by kugelkern and
kurzkern.
You mention gene symbols that are new to FlyBase, kugelkern and
kurzkern. Do you know which of the Genome Project CG annotations your
genes correspond 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 kugelkern and/or kurzkern have picked up a short symbol since
you submitted the abstract then this would be a good time to tell me so
I can get it/them into the database.
With best regards,
Rachel.
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Rachel Drysdale.
FlyBase (Cambridge),
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Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: EDRC-CB2
Dear Rachel,
the CG number for kugelkern (short symbol: kug) is CG5175. We have not
definetely identified kurzkern (short symbol: kur), but mapped it to 2B;3C
by complementation with duplications.
We have a paper in submission/revision so that there will be hopefully a
full reference soon.
Please let me know if you need further information. Thanks a lot for your
efforts.
Best regards, Jörg
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Jörg Grosshans
ZMBH, Uni Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 282
69120 Heidelberg
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Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: EDRC-CB2
Dear Rachel,
I am very sorry for the confusion. Let's use kuk.
Thank you very much for your efforts,
best wishes, Jörg
>> the CG number for kugelkern (short symbol: kug) is CG5175.
>
> we have a slight problem in that kug is already taken as a symbol for
> kugelei (FBgn0001329). This gene also has a synonym 'kugel'.
>
> In order to avoid confusion, might I suggest you go with kuk, or kugk,
> for kugelkern \- these alternatives are virtually the same for
> pronunciation, and will avoid confusion with FBgn0001329.
>
> Let me know which you prefer and I will make it so.
>
> My best wishes,
>
> Rachel.