Evidence for widespread genomic methylation in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria (orthoptera: Acrididae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Robinson, Katie L ^a   Tohidi Esfahani, Donya ^a,b   Lo, Nathan ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a   Sword, Gregory A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL BINDING DOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOME; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; GENOMICS; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; METHYLATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 82655179952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028167     Document Type: Article

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