DNA methylation with a sting: An active DNA methylation system in the honeybee
- 12 February 2007
- Vol. 29 (3) , 208-211
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.20548
Abstract
The existence of DNA methylation in insects has been a controversial subject over a long period of time. The recently completed genome sequence of the honeybee Apis mellifera has revealed the first insect with a full complement of DNA methyltransferases. 1 A parallel study demonstrated that these enzymes are catalytically active and that Apis genes can be methylated in specific patterns. 2 These findings establish bees as a model to analyze the function of DNA methylation systems in invertebrate organisms and might also be important to understand evolutionary aspects of DNA methylation in higher eukaryotes. BioEssays 29: 208–211, 2007.Keywords
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