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SUBMITTER: Ikeda T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3281433 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ikeda Takashi T Furukawa Seiichi S Nakamura Jun J Sasaki Masami M Sasaki Tetsuhiko T
Journal of insect science (Online) 20110101
The European honeybee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), has a full set of machinery for functional CpG methylation of its genome. A recent study demonstrated that DNA methylation in the honeybee is involved in caste differentiation. In this study, the expression and methylation of the hexamerin 110 gene (Hex110), which encodes a storage protein, was analyzed. High levels of the Hex110 transcript were expressed in both worker and queen larvae. Low levels of this transcript were also detec ...[more]