From rd120@XXXX Mon Mar 18 09:55:10 2002 To: jc1063@XXXX Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10447 Dear Joaquim, We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 43rd (San Diego) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase. I am writing in connection with your abstract: 'Characterization of a new gene involved in the development of the proboscis.' You mention a gene that is new to FlyBase, boca. 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. Thank you very much for your help, with best wishes, Rachel. \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D. FlyBase (Cambridge), Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, email: rd120@XXXX Cambridge, CB2 3EH, Ph : 01223-333963 UK. FAX: 01223-333992 FlyBase: http://fly.ebi.ac. uk:7081 / \---------------------------------------------------------------------- From jc1063@XXXX Fri Mar 22 21:53:30 2002 To: <rd120@XXXX> Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-10447 Dear Rachel Drysdale, I am writing to you regarding your request for information about the newly characterized gene boca, that we will present in the next ADRC in San Diego. boca corresponds to CG1364 but please, note the FlyBase error report for CG1364 from Bernadette Holdener (FBrf0131065) that suggested CG1364 is in fact a merge of two independent genes. We agree with her interpretation. boca corresponds to the 5' moiety of CG1364. Moreover, we sequenced CG1364 transcription unit in the stock l(2)43Ea and found a point mutation inside the ORF, suggesting that CG1364 and l(2)43Ea are in fact the same gene. I hope this information will help avoid duplications during the annotation of Drosophila Genome. Please, do not hesitate to contact me if you need additional information. Best wishes, Dr. Joaquim Culi Joaquim Culi Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. Columbia University 701 West 168th Street, HHSC 0602 New York, NY 10032 Phone: 212-305.2111 e-mail: jc1063@XXXX
