Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-60522
Dear Vitor,
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:
The Tudor domain protein Montecristo is required for meiotic progression and 
microtubule-based transport to the Drosophila oocyte.
You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, montecristo.  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.
Also, if you have settled on a short symbol for your gene now would be
a good time to let me know what it is, as then I can enter it in the
database from the outset.
Best regards,
Rachel.
Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-60522
Dear Rachel,
Thanks very much for your message.
.
It comes from a screen whose paper has recently been submitted to  
Genetics.
.
montecristo corresponds to the CG15707 annotation.
In our paper we use mtc as short symbol for the gene.
I only named genes identified in my screen when they corresponded  
only to a CG annotation in the new FlyBase page.  To chose a three- 
letter symbol for each new gene I searched the new FlyBase page using  
the candidate symbol and accepted those with no matches found.
Thanks in advance for your attention,
Sincerely,
Vitor