From rd120@XXXX Mon Mar 05  11:50:46  2001
To: kcburtis@XXXX
Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10729
Dear Ken,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 42nd
(Washington, D.C.) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
'Characterization of the SNM1 gene of Drosophila melanogaster.'
You mention a gene that is new to FlyBase, Snm1. 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. If your gene does not correspond to a CG then perhaps
you could tell me its map location, as this is valuable information for
the genome annotation project.
I am writing to you because the first author does not have an address
in FlyBase \- please feel free to pass my query on if there is someone
better placed to answer it.
Thank you for your help,
with best wishes,
Rachel.
From kcburtis@XXXX Mon Mar 05  17:23:58  2001
To: Rachel Drysdale (Genetics) <rd120@XXXX>
Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10729
Hi Rachel,
The gene is CG10018 (CT9654). The name is by homology to the S.
cerevisiae SNM1 gene (also known as PSO2), and the homology is quite
obvious and was of course picked up in the annotation. I believe we
are the first to find a mutant allele.
See you in Washington,
Ken