Tetrahymena Gene Nomenclature Guidelines
The standardized conventions for naming Tetrahymena thermophila genes
can be found in the following two publications:
Proposed genetic nomenclature rules for Tetrahymena
thermophila, Paramecium primaurelia and Paramecium tetraurelia. The
Seventh International Meeting on Ciliate Molecular Biology Genetics
Nomenclature.
Sally
Lyman Allen, Marsha I. Altschuler, Peter J. Bruns, Jean Cohen, F. Paul
Doerder, Jacek Gaertig, Martin Gorovsky, Eduardo Orias, and Aaron
Turkewitz.
Genetics. 1998 May;149(1):459-62)
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full article.
AND
Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 62:
Tetrahymena thermophila
Edited by David J. Asai and James D. Forney
Copyright 2000, by Academic Press
ISBN 0-12-544164-9
Appendix I: Genetic Nomenclature Rules for Tetrahymena
thermophila, Sally Lyman Allen, pp.561-563.
These publications describe conventions for naming
macronuclear and micronuclear genes,
mutations, mutant strains, phenotypes, and Randomly Amplified
Polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) in Tetrahymena thermophila. In brief,
wild-type gene names should consist of three capital letters
followed by an integer, all in italics and should be a unique identifier in
Tetrahymena thermophila (e.g. BTU2). Gene product names
should consist of the gene name followed by a lowercase p. Unlike the gene
name, the gene product name should not be italicized and only the
first letter is capitalized (e.g. Btu2p).
Please note: The use of standardized naming conventions
benefits the scientific community by facilitating the indexing and
retrieval of gene-related information, and avoids a proliferation of
gene names, which can cause confusion in the Tetrahymena
literature. Before you publish it is recommended that you check that
no one has published using your gene name or used another gene name
for your ORF. When you do publish it is highly recommended that you
include the gene and ORF name (if applicable) in the abstract so that
your paper can be linked to the appropriate gene(s) in our database
and in others.
