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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear People at Gramene,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Could you tell me if there are any updated rules for rice
gene and protein nomenclature? For example, are rice genes written in lower
case italic and proteins in uppercase roman? I would appreciate any
information you can give me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Beatrice Grabowski</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Ph.D.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>The Plant Cell</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <a
href="http://www.plantcell.org/" title="http://www.plantcell.org">www.plantcell.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>15501 Monona Drive</span></font><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rockville, MD 20855-2768</span></font><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Phone: 301-251-0560 ex. 121</span></font><span
lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Fax: 301-279-2996</span></font><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:Arial'>email: <a href="mailto:beatrice@aspb.org"
title="mailto:beatrice@aspb.org">beatrice@aspb.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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