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Insect Cuticle as a Covalently Crosslinked Protein Network

Andersen, S. O.

Abstract Insects are surrounded by an exoskeleton, the cuticle, a composite structure consisting of chitin filaments embedded in a protein matrix. The physical properties of cuticles vary according to the insect species and the body parts from which they are derived. This variability is mainly due to differences in the matrix proteins and in their secondary modifications (crosslinks). Recent progress is presented and discussed, showing that insects have been experts in developing structured materials which combine strength, flexibility and lightness, well adapted to their functions in the living animal.

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Insect Cuticle as a Covalently Crosslinked Protein Network

Andersen, S. O.

Abstract Insects are surrounded by an exoskeleton, the cuticle, a composite structure consisting of chitin filaments embedded in a protein matrix. The physical properties of cuticles vary according to the insect species and the body parts from which they are derived. This variability is mainly due to differences in the matrix proteins and in their secondary modifications (crosslinks). Recent progress is presented and discussed, showing that insects have been experts in developing structured materials which combine strength, flexibility and lightness, well adapted to their functions in the living animal.

Insect Cuticle as a Covalently Crosslinked Protein Network

Andersen, S. O.

Abstract Insects are surrounded by an exoskeleton, the cuticle, a composite structure consisting of chitin filaments embedded in a protein matrix. The physical properties of cuticles vary according to the insect species and the body parts from which they are derived. This variability is mainly due to differences in the matrix proteins and in their secondary modifications (crosslinks). Recent progress is presented and discussed, showing that insects have been experts in developing structured materials which combine strength, flexibility and lightness, well adapted to their functions in the living animal.

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Titel:

Insect Cuticle as a Covalently Crosslinked Protein Network

Beteiligte:

Andersen, S. O. (Autor:in)

Erschienen in:

Biological and Synthetic Polymer Networks ; 141-150

Erscheinungsdatum:

01.01.1988

Format / Umfang:

10 pages

ISBN:

978-94-010-7097-3 , 978-94-009-1343-1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1343-1_9

Medientyp:

Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)

Format:

Elektronische Ressource

Sprache:

Englisch

Schlagwörter:

Cuticular Protein , Insect Cuticle , Migratory Locust , Silk Moth , Secondary Modification Chemistry , Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering , Characterization and Evaluation of Materials , Polymer Sciences

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