DNA methylation in Drosophila melanogaster (original) (raw)

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Certain cytosine residues of eukaryotic DNA are methylated in inactive regions of the genome. For a long time the fruitfly Drosophila was thought to be an exception1,2,3,4, but now the evidence points to the existence of a functional DNA-methylation system in Drosophila as well5,6,7,9. Here we show that DNA is methylated, but that Drosophila genomic methylation is restricted to the early stages of embryonic development.

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Figure 1: Methylation analysis of Drosophila genomic DNA from wild-type (Oregon R) flies.

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  1. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, 02142, Massachusetts, USA
    Frank Lyko & Rudolf Jaenisch
  2. Department of Oncology, John Hughes Bennett Laboratory, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
    Bernard H. Ramsahoye
  3. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, Massachusetts, USA
    Rudolf Jaenisch

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Lyko, F., Ramsahoye, B. & Jaenisch, R. DNA methylation in Drosophila melanogaster .Nature 408, 538–540 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35046205

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