Open Access Volume et al Marygold 2007 8, Issue 10, Article R216 Research The ribosomal protein genes and Minute loci of Drosophila melanogaster Steven J Marygold*, John Roote†, Gunter Reuter‡, Andrew LambertssonĐ, Michael Ashburner, Gillian H Millburn, Paul M Harrisonả, Zhan Yuả, Naoya KenmochiƠ, Thomas C Kaufman#, Sally J Leevers* and Kevin R Cook# Addresses: *Growth Regulation Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK †Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK ‡Institute of Genetics, Biologicum, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Weinbergweg, Halle D-06108, Germany §Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, Olso N-0316, Norway ¶Department of Biology, McGill University, Dr Penfield Ave, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada ¥Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan #Department of Biology, Indiana University, E Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-7005, USA Correspondence: Steven J Marygold Email: s.marygold@gen.cam.ac.uk Kevin R Cook Email: kcook@bio.indiana.edu Published: 10 October 2007 Genome Biology 2007, 8:R216 (doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-10-r216) Received: 17 June 2007 Revised: 10 October 2007 Accepted: 10 October 2007 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at http://genomebiology.com/2007/8/10/R216 © 2007 Marygold et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited p> genes and Minute loci in Drosophila melanogaster, allowing conduct a systematic analysis of thecorresponding to ribosomal genes.