Letters to the editors
نویسندگان
چکیده
To the Editors: In their recent publication, Swati S. Sathe and Peter J. Harte (Mech. Dev. 52,77-87, 1995) claim to have "reisolated' the extra sex combs (esc) gene of Drosophila from our published transgenic stock (Frei et aI., EMBO J. 4,979-987, 1985) by inverse PCR, using P element and rosy primers. This description is wrong because our published transgenic stock carried the esc trans gene within a 12 kb genomic fragment in the P-element vector Carnegie 4, which does not encode the rosy gene nor any other Drosophila marker. Moreover, the authors omitted to mention that 5 years ago (March, 1991) Harte had received from us also another esc rescue stock, which was unpublished but carried the esc transgene within a 4 kb genomic fragment, as pointed out to Harte at the time, I and hence identified the esc gene unambiguously. They thus convey to the reader of their paper a false impression of the ambiguity of the assignment of esc to a particular transcript. The unpublished esc rescue stock (published only recently (Gutjahr et aI., EMBO J. 14, 429~306, 1995) carried the 4 kb esc gene in the P-element vector Carnegie 20 which, in contrast to Carnegie 4, also carries the rosy marker.! If Sathe and Harte used rosy primers for their ore-isolation' of esc, as they have stated, then it appears that they used our unpublished stock, obtained from us together with the requested published stock for a different purpose; for Harte stated explicitly in his letter:! 'We are working on the trithorax (trx) gene and would like to use this chromosome2 as another esc 'duplication' for some gene dosage experiments with esc and trx.' In view of all these facts, we ask ourselves why Sathe and Harte went through the laborious ore-isolation' procedure to sequence the esc gene, as we have made the esc sequence available to numerous laboratories requesting it over the past 7 years.
منابع مشابه
بررسی دیدگاههای سردبیران مجلات علوم پزشکی ایران در مورد استانداردهای انتشار تحقیقات پزشکی
Background: Medical journal editors have impressible role in the publishing process. In the present study we have surveyed the attitudes and knowledge of Iranian medical journal editors towards standards of published medical research. Materials and methods: 51 editors of registered journals were invited, where 27 have taken part. A self-directed questionnaire according to the Vancouver group g...
متن کاملراهکارهای ارتقاء سطح کیفی آموزش زبان تخصصی پزشکی
Abstract Introduction: Medical students’ academic non achievements which eventually lead to their career challenges, originate from lack of English language proficiency. In this regard, this study aimed to summarize and recommend the influencing factors for promoting the quality of learning and teaching Medical English. Methods: This was a review article. The key words were sear...
متن کاملEditor’s Note
In this, the final issue of 2008 witch contains two issues (7 and 8), I would like to take this opportunity to thank those people who have contributed so much of their time and expertise in the interest of maintaining the highly respected reputation of the Journal. The topics to be covered are multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord regeneration, TBI, and functional outcome researc...
متن کاملQuality of Referral Letters Written By Family Physicians to Otologists -A Peer Assessment
Introduction: Otolaryngology is a field with a high referral rate; however, there is a dearth of research on the quality of referral letters written in this field. This study was carried out to explicitly assess the quality of referral letters, more specifically in the field of otology. Materials and Methods: Two otologists assessed referral letters written by general ...
متن کاملAdvice columns of edited research articles: academic writing tips and comments of Iranian EFL teacher convenience editors to authors in medical sciences
Background & Aims: Increasing pressure for having scholarly publications in accredited English medium journals emphasizes the need to enhance academic writing ability by author-researchers in various fields, especially, in medical and hard sciences. In order to enhance the language of manuscripts, many authors seek assistance from editors prior to submission to high-status journals. Various typ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Mechanisms of Development
دوره 56 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996