Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda

Resilin is an elastomeric protein typically occurring in exoskeletons of arthropods. It is composed of randomly orientated coiled polypeptide chains that are covalently cross-linked together at regular intervals by the two unusual amino acids dityrosine and trityrosine forming a stable network with...

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Main Authors: Jan Michels, Esther Appel, Stanislav N. Gorb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2016-09-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.115