Insects as models to study the epigenetic basis of disease

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 69-78

  Mukherjee, Krishnendu ^a   Twyman, Richard M ^b   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b TRM Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Histone acetylation; Insect epigenetics; Metamorphosis; MiRNA; Model host

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASES; EPIGENETICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSECT; LONGEVITY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; INSECTS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 84930542188     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.02.009     Document Type: Review

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