Investigation of Tribolium castaneum resilin, a rubber-like insect cuticular protein

Master of Science === Department of Biochemistry === Michael R. Kanost === Resilin is a rubber-like cuticular protein found in many insect species. Resilin is important for jumping and flying of those insects due to the properties of high elasticity and efficient energy storage. Some recombinant pro...

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Main Author: Li, Zhen
Language:en_US
Published: Kansas State University 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16287