Dear Ciliate Researchers,

To help accommodate a wider variety of gene names, TGD Wiki has increased by one (from three to
four) the number of letters allowed to form a Gene Name prefix. Names were previously limited to
the format "ABC123". Names with the format "ABCD123" will now be accepted by the database.
Please note that the additional letter must be included before the numerals; letters after the
numerals (e.g. "ABC123D") are currently not accepted. We hope this modification to the published
gene naming guidelines helps with the push to name as many genes as possible by the end of the
month.

Thank you to all of the concerned parties who weighed in on this decision, and to the Tetrahymena
Research Advisory Board (TetRA; http://ciliate.org/index.php/home/tetra) for mediating the
discussion.

Cheers,
Nick Stover

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Nicholas A. Stover, PhD
Associate Professor, Biology
Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois  61625
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