Histone methylation changes are required for life cycle progression in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.

Epigenetic mechanisms and chromatin structure play an important role in development. Their impact is therefore expected to be strong in parasites with complex life cycles and multiple, strikingly different, developmental stages, i.e. developmental plasticity. Some studies have already described how...

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Main Authors: David Roquis, Aaron Taudt, Kathrin K Geyer, Gilda Padalino, Karl F Hoffmann, Nancy Holroyd, Matt Berriman, Benoît Aliaga, Cristian Chaparro, Christoph Grunau, Ronaldo de Carvalho Augusto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007066