Formation of Rigid, Non-Flight Forewings (Elytra) of a Beetle Requires Two Major Cuticular Proteins

Insect cuticle is composed primarily of chitin and structural proteins. To study the function of structural cuticular proteins, we focused on the proteins present in elytra (modified forewings that become highly sclerotized and pigmented covers for the hindwings) of the red flour beetle, Tribolium c...

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Autores principales: Arakane, Yasuyuki, Lomakin, Joseph, Gehrke, Stevin H., Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Tomich, John M., Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam, Beeman, Richard W., Kramer, Karl J., Kanost, Michael R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22570623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002682

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