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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Epigenetic regulation in insects may have effects on diverse biological processes. Here we survey the methylome of a model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori, at single-base resolution using Illumina high-throughput bisulfite sequencing (MethylC-Seq). We conservatively estimate that 0.11% of genomic cytosines are methylcytosines, all of which probably occur in CG dinucleotides. CG methylation is substantially enriched in gene bodies and is positively correlated with gene expression levels, suggesting it has a positive role in gene transcription. We find that transposable elements, promoters and ribosomal DNAs are hypomethylated, but in contrast, genomic loci matching small RNAs in gene bodies are densely methylated. This work contributes to our understanding of epigenetics in insects, and in contrast to previous studies of the highly methylated genomes of Arabidopsis and human, demonstrates a strategy for sequencing the epigenomes of organisms such as insects that have low levels of methylation.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1546-1696
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:BeckStephanS, pubmed-author:ChenQuanQ, pubmed-author:ChengDaojunD, pubmed-author:DaiFangyinF, pubmed-author:DongLiL, pubmed-author:GuoGuangwuG, pubmed-author:GuoQiuhongQ, pubmed-author:GuoShichengS, pubmed-author:HeYinghuaY, pubmed-author:JiangJianhaoJ, pubmed-author:KristiansenKarstenK, pubmed-author:LiMuwangM, pubmed-author:LiRuiqiangR, pubmed-author:LiYingruiY, pubmed-author:LinYingY, pubmed-author:MaKelongK, pubmed-author:MaLijiaL, pubmed-author:SunJinfengJ, pubmed-author:WangJunJ, pubmed-author:WangWenW, pubmed-author:XiaQingyouQ, pubmed-author:XiangHuiH, pubmed-author:XuZ CZC, pubmed-author:YangDongD, pubmed-author:YeMingzhiM, pubmed-author:YuJianJ, pubmed-author:ZhangGuojieG, pubmed-author:ZhangHongyuH, pubmed-author:ZhangXiuqingX, pubmed-author:ZhaoLiL, pubmed-author:ZhaoYangxingY, pubmed-author:ZhouXiaoyuX, pubmed-author:ZhuJingdeJ
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
516-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map.
pubmed:affiliation
CAS-Max Planck Junior Research Group, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't