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Lepidopteran wing scales contain abundant cross-linked film-forming histidine-rich cuticular proteins

Scales are symbolic characteristic of Lepidoptera; however, nothing is known about the contribution of cuticular proteins (CPs) to the complex patterning of lepidopteran scales. This is because scales are resistant to solubilization, thus hindering molecular studies. Here we succeeded in dissolving...

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Autores principales: Liu, Jianqiu, Chen, Zhiwei, Xiao, Yingdan, Asano, Tsunaki, Li, Shenglong, Peng, Li, Chen, Enxiang, Zhang, Jiwei, Li, Wanshun, Zhang, Yan, Tong, Xiaoling, Kadono-Okuda, Keiko, Zhao, Ping, He, Ningjia, Arunkumar, Kallare P., Gopinathan, Karumathil P., Xia, Qingyou, Willis, Judith H., Goldsmith, Marian R., Mita, Kazuei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33888855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01996-4