Functional CpG Methylation system in a Social Insect

Wang, Ying; Jorda, Mireia; Jones, Peter L; Maleszka, Ryszard; Ling, Xu; Robertson, H M; Mizzen, Craig A; Peinado, Miguel A; Robinson, Gene E

Functional CpG Methylation system in a Social Insect

Date

2006

Authors

Wang, Ying

Jorda, Mireia

Jones, Peter L

Maleszka, Ryszard

Ling, Xu

Robertson, H M

Mizzen, Craig A

Peinado, Miguel A

Robinson, Gene E

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Abstract

DNA methylation systems are well characterized in vertebrates, but methylation in Drosophila melanogoster and other invertebrates remains controversial. Using the recently sequenced honey bee genome, we present a bioinformatic, molecular, and biochemical