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Cuticle darkening correlates with increased body copper content in Drosophila melanogaster

Insect epidermal cells secrete a cuticle that serves as an exoskeleton providing mechanical rigidity to each individual, but also insulation, camouflage or communication within their environment. Cuticle deposition and hardening (sclerotization) and pigment synthesis are parallel processes requiring...

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Autores principales: Vásquez-Procopio, Johana, Rajpurohit, Subhash, Missirlis, Fanis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33026606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10534-020-00245-1