Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-60240
Dear Eyal,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 48th
(Philadelphia) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
Recruitment of the cellular actin polymerization machinery is essential for 
myoblast fusion in Drosophila embryos.
You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, WIP.  Do you know
which of the 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.
Best regards,
Rachel.
Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-60240
Dear Rachel,
The gene we're referring to in the abstract is CG13503. We identified  
it on the basis of its homology to the mammalian protein WIP (WASp  
Interacting Protein). The homology was also noted by others, who  
often describe the fly protein as a homolog of Verprolin, the yeast  
homolog of WIP. Please let me know if I can help clarify matters  
further.
Best wishes,
Eyal Schejter