Communications Biology (Apr 2021)
Lepidopteran wing scales contain abundant cross-linked film-forming histidine-rich cuticular proteins
- Jianqiu Liu,
- Zhiwei Chen,
- Yingdan Xiao,
- Tsunaki Asano,
- Shenglong Li,
- Li Peng,
- Enxiang Chen,
- Jiwei Zhang,
- Wanshun Li,
- Yan Zhang,
- Xiaoling Tong,
- Keiko Kadono-Okuda,
- Ping Zhao,
- Ningjia He,
- Kallare P. Arunkumar,
- Karumathil P. Gopinathan,
- Qingyou Xia,
- Judith H. Willis,
- Marian R. Goldsmith,
- Kazuei Mita
Affiliations
- Jianqiu Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Zhiwei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Yingdan Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Tsunaki Asano
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
- Shenglong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Li Peng
- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Enxiang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Jiwei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Wanshun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Xiaoling Tong
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University
- Keiko Kadono-Okuda
- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
- Ping Zhao
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University
- Ningjia He
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Kallare P. Arunkumar
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Karumathil P. Gopinathan
- Indian Institute of Science
- Qingyou Xia
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University
- Judith H. Willis
- Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
- Marian R. Goldsmith
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- Kazuei Mita
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01996-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Liu et al. analyse the protein composition of developing wing scales in the domestic silk moth. This molecular study of scales provides fundamental information about how such a fine microstructure is constructed and insights into the potential application of His-rich cuticular proteins as new biomaterials.
