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Antibody Labelling of Resilin in Energy Stores for Jumping in Plant Sucking Insects

The rubbery protein resilin appears to form an integral part of the energy storage structures that enable many insects to jump by using a catapult mechanism. In plant sucking bugs that jump (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha), the energy generated by the slow contractions of huge thoracic jumping muscles i...

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Autores principales: Burrows, Malcolm, Borycz, Jolanta A., Shaw, Stephen R., Elvin, Christopher M., Meinertzhagen, Ian A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3233583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22163306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028456