CpG methylation in the hexamerin 110 gene in the European honeybee, apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ikeda, Takashi ^a   Furukawa, Seiichi ^a   Nakamura, Jun ^a   Sasaki, Tetsuhiko ^a   Sasaki, Masami ^a  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bisulfite sequencing; caste differentiation; epigenetics; Hex110

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

INSECT PROTEIN; STORAGE PROTEINS, INSECTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; INSECT PROTEINS;

EID: 80052098310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.7401     Document Type: Article

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