Characterization of genome methylation patterns in the desert locust schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1423-1429

  Falckenhayn, Cassandra ^a,b   Boerjan, Bart ^c   Raddatz, GÜnter ^a   Frohme, Marcus ^b   Schoofs, Liliane ^c   Lyko, Frank ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Locust; Methylome; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAELIFERA; CHEMISTRY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENOME, INSECT; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 84876126685     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.080754     Document Type: Article

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