Reserved Laboratory Designators for DNA Probes

Reserved Laboratory Designators for DNA Probes, Primers and Markers

Katrien M. Devos (kdevos@uga.edu)
Jorge Dubcovsky (jdubcovsky@ucdavis.edu)
Last update November 2007

Symbols for wheat DNA-markers of unknown function include a 'laboratory designator' which, along with a number, identifies the DNA clone or primer(s) used to detect the locus. The designator is chosen either by the laboratory that produced the clone or designed the primer(s) or, if that laboratory chooses not to do so, then by the laboratory that mapped the locus. It should consist of from two to four and preferably three letters that are chosen carefully to insure that they differ both from those used by other laboratories and from those that compose gene symbols.

This file was compiled to assist investigators who wish to identify laboratory designators that have already been used. It consists of two parts, (1) a list of laboratory designators (in alphabetical order) and the name of the investigator(s) who assigned each designator and (2) a list of investigators (in alphabetical order), their addresses, and the designator(s) assigned by them. Wheat laboratory designators may consist of upper and/or lower-case letters, except in locus symbols, where only lower-case letters are used. In this file, designators are shown in lower-case letters only. The name of the individual, institution, or species that is the source of the acronym that composes the designator, when listed, is indicated with an asterisk (*).

The information in this file was compiled from the literature and from contacts with individual investigators. Most, but undoubtedly not all, of the designators that have been assigned to wheat loci to date are listed. Researchers are urged to report errors, unlisted laboratory designators that are already in use, and newly-chosen designators to either Katrien M. Devos or Jorge Dubcovsky (see above for e-mail addresses) so that this file may be revised accordingly. Investigators who wish to choose a new laboratory designator should consult the section entitled 'Guidelines for Nomenclature of Biochemical/Molecular Loci in Wheat and Related Species' in the "Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat - 1998 edition", http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/wgc/98. See especially paragraph '5.1 DNA markers of unknown function' and paragraph '5.6 Laboratory designators'.

LABORATORY		INVESTIGATORS
DESIGNATORS

abc	barley cDNA clones	Kleinhofs, A.
abg	barley gDNA clones	Kleinhofs, A.
abl	lolium clones	Forster, J.W./Hayward, M.D.
agl	wheat 2D protein markers	Branlard, G.
ak		Kleinhofs, A.
awb	barley clones	Langridge, P.
awc		Langridge, P.
aww	wheat clones	Langridge, P.
bcd	barley cDNA clones	Sorrells, M.E.
bfc		Nomura, T.
bg	barley gDNA clones	Lapitan, N.
bgl		Lane, B. G.
bnl		Burr, B.
bua	barley AFLPs	Langridge, P.
bzh		Dudler, R.
ccsu		Gupta, P.K
cdc		Gusta, L.V.
cdo	oat cDNA clones	Sorrells, M.E.
cfa	SSR A genomes	Sourdille, P.
cfb	SSR B genomes	Bernard, M.
cfd	SSR D genomes	Bernard, M.
cfe	EST-SSRs	Sourdille, P.
cfr	transposable elements	Sourdille, P.
cft	chromosome 3B BAC-ends	Sourdille, P.
cmw	Chinese wheat EST-SSR	TAG-112-1239
cmwg	barley cDNA clones	Graner, A.
cnl		Sorrells, M.E.
cr		Robinson, C.
crb	barley AFLPs	Penner, G.
crc		Procunier, J.D.
cro	oat AFLPs	Penner, G.
crw	wheat AFLPs	Penner, G.
cs		Appels, R.
csa		Appels, R.
csb		Appels, R.
csc		Chandler, P.
csd		Dennis, L.
cshv		Appels, R.
csih		Appels, R.
csiha		Appels, R.
csl		Lagudah, E.
cssr		Appels, R.
csu	maize cDNA clones	Bayersdorfer, C.
cwem	Colorado wheat EST-derived microsatellites	Lapitan, N.L..V.
cwm	wheat EST-derived microsatelites	Jia, J.Z
DuPw	wheat SSR markers	Wolters, P.J.
eco		Fedak, G.
fba	wheat cv. Courtot clones	Leroy, P.
fbb	wheat cv. Chinese Spring	Leroy, P.
	clones
fwm	wheat SSRs	Leroy, P.
fcc	Fargo Cereal Crops QTL	Faris, J.
fcg	Fargo Cereal Crops Genomic DNA	Faris, J.
fcp	Fargo Cereal Crops PCR	Faris, J.
fcu	Fargo Cereal Crops cDNA	Faris, J.
fdp		DuPont, F.M.
gbs	Gatersleben barley SNPs	A. Graner
gbm	Gatersleben barley SSRs	A. Graner
gbr	Gatersleben barley RFLP	A. Graner
gbx	wheat clones	Jacquemin, J.M.
gdm		Roder, M.S.
ggo		Jakobsen, K.S.
glk	T. aestivum gDNA clones	Tsunewaki, K.
	clones are designated
	'Tag' but the laboratory
	designator used in locus
	symbols is 'glk')
gpw	wheat SSRs	Sourdille, P.
gwm	wheat SSRs	Roder, M.S.
	(primers are designated
	'WMS' but the laboratory
	designator used in locus
	symbols is 'gwm')
hbd	SSRs from DDBJ	Ogihara, Y.
hbe	EST-SSR	Ogihara, Y.
hbg	Genomic SSR	Ogihara, Y.
hhu		Westhoff, P.
iag		Wricke, G.
isc	wheat clones	Cattivelli, L.
ipk		Borner, A.
isu	maize cDNA clones	Lee, M.
jfc	wheat cDNA clones	John Fellers
jfg	wheat genomic clones	John Fellers
jfs	wheat microsatellite markers	John Fellers
jfr	wheat resistance gene analogs	John Fellers
ksu	T. tauschii gDNA clones	Gill, B.
kuj		Mori, N.
kvl		Collinge, D.B.
labc	barley cDNA clones	Shewry, P.
mgb		Blanco, A.
msu		Raikhel, N.

msu	update 2000	Talbert L.
(Problem duplicated designator msu)

mta	T. aestivum clones	Joudrier, P.
mtd	T. durum clones	Joudrier, P.
mwg	barley gDNA clones	Graner, A.
mum?		Maxime Paris
nau	wheat clones	Chen, P.
ncs	oat	Murphy, Paul
ndsu		Anderson, J.A.
npi		Grant, D.
ocs		Kato, K.
og	oat gDNA clones	Sorrells, M.E.
pbi	barley gDNA clones	Jack, P.
pgh		Shimosaka, E.
psp		Grant, D.
pkg		Gausing, K.
psb	barley clones	Laurie, D.
pse	finger millet clones	Gale, M.D.
psf	foxtail millet clones	Gale, M.D.
psm	pearl millet clones	Gale, M.D.
psp	pcr markers	Gale, M.D.
psr	wheat clones	Gale, M.D.
pur		Ohm, H.
rgc	rice cDNA clones	Sasaki, T.
rgg	rice gDNA clones	Sasaki, T.
rgr	rice root cDNA clones	Sasaki, T.
rgs	rice etiolated shoot	Sasaki, T. (see rgc)
rgy	rice YAC end clones	Sasaki, T.
ris	barley gDNA clones	Giese, H.
rmm	millet RGA clones	Michelmore, R.
rsq		Quatrano, R.
rwg	wheat, Hessian fly	Xu, Steven
rwgs	wheat, Hessian fly, PCR	Xu, Steven
rwth	barley gDNA clones	Rheinisch-Westfaelische
	Technische Hochschule
rz	rice gDNA clones	Sorrells, M.E.
scc	S. cereale cDNA clones	Gustafson, P.
scg	S. cereale gDNA clones	Gustafson, P.
scm	Secale cereale microsatellites	Hackauf, Bernd

scs	S. cereale SSRs	Gustafson, P.
scu	SSRs	Henry, R.H.
sfr		Keller, B.
sfrp		Keller, B.
spa		Knox, R.
stm	SSRs	Sharp, P.
sun		Sharp, P.
sut		(sucrose transporter)
sww	switchgrass	Tobias, C.
tam	wheat clones	Hart, G.E.
tav		Breiman, A.
tjc		Close, T.
ttp	pcr markers	Nguyen, H.
ttr	rice clones	Nguyen, H.
tts	sorghum clones	Nguyen, H.
ttu	cDNAs corresponding	Nguyen, H.
	to 'known-function'
	genes and 'stress-
	responsive' proteins
ttw	wheat clones	Nguyen, H.
txs	sorghum clones	Hart, G.E.
txp	sorghum SSRs	Hart, G.E.
uaz	maize cDNAs	Helentjaris, T.
ubp		Spagnoletti, P.
ucb		Quail, P.H.
ucd	cDNAs corresponding to	Dvorák, J.
	early-salt-induced' mRNAs
ucg		Hasselkorn, R.
ucw		Dubcovsky, J.
uhb	barley	Fahima, T.
uhw	wheat	Fahima, T.
umb	barley EST-SSRs	Smith, Kevin
umc	maize clones	Coe, E.
umn		Muehlbauer, G.
unl		Gill, K.
unlp		Castro, A.M.
uom	millet RGA clones	Sivaramakrishnan, S.
upw		Williams, C.
ust		Marais, G. F.
uta		Browning, K.
utv		D'Ovidio, R.
waxc		von Wettstein-Knowles, P.
wg	wheat gDNA clones	Sorrells, M.E.
wgc	wheat EST-SSRs and STSs	Cai, X.
wgp		Chen, X.
whe		Anderson, O.
whs	wheat gDNA clones	Mohler, V.
wia		Fincher, G.
wmc	wheat SSRs	Isaac, P.G.
wpg		Feldman, M.
wsu		Walker-Simmons, M.K.
wua	wheat AFLPs	Langridge, P.
wye		Ainsworth, C.
ycu		Ogihara, Y.
zen	barley gDNA clones	Chojecki, J.
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