Transcriptional control of cuticle formation during development. [PDF]
J Exp BotThe cuticle is a chemically complex, lipid-rich seal covering aerial tissues in land plants. Secreted by the outer epidermis, cuticles protect against desiccation, organ fusion, pathogen attack and UV radiation exposure.
Liu L, Campoli C, McKim SM.
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Genome wide association analysis of cuticle deposition in laying hens
Poultry Science, 2023 : The cuticle is an invisible barrier that protects the internal egg contents from microorganisms entering through gas exchange pores. Eggs which have a good cuticle are least likely to be penetrated by microorganisms and improved cuticle cover should ...
Zhang Wang +8 more
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Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 Human hair fibers are structurally organized as a cortex protected by an outer scaly sheath (cuticle). Developing methods to isolate these two compartments will help to elucidate their roles in hair biology and develop potential applications.
Nan Zhang +5 more
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Revised Cornechiniscus (Heterotardigrada) and new phylogenetic analyses negate echiniscid subfamilies and tribes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Echiniscidae are undoubtedly the most thoroughly studied lineage of the class Heterotardigrada. Recently, new subfamilies and tribes grouping echiniscid genera based on traditionally recognized morphological clues have been proposed. Here, by integrative
Piotr Gąsiorek, Łukasz Michalczyk
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Nauplius, 2020 Terrestrial isopods are a successful group of terrestrial crustaceans. Their exoskeletal cuticle has been studied in several species. However, it is not known whether the cuticle of these animals becomes thicker or how its structure changes as the ...
Miloš Vittori +2 more
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Properties, Genetics and Innate Immune Function of the Cuticle in Egg-Laying Species
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Cleidoic eggs possess very efficient and orchestrated systems to protect the embryo from external microbes until hatch. The cuticle is a proteinaceous layer on the shell surface in many bird and some reptile species.
Garima Kulshreshtha +6 more
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Retroactive maintains cuticle integrity by promoting the trafficking of Knickkopf into the procuticle of Tribolium castaneum. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2013 Molting, or the replacement of the old exoskeleton with a new cuticle, is a complex developmental process that all insects must undergo to allow unhindered growth and development.
Sujata S Chaudhari +6 more
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Nanoscale patterning of collagens in C. elegans apical extracellular matrix
Nature Communications, 2023 Apical extracellular matrices (aECMs) are complex extracellular compartments that form important interfaces between animals and their environment. In the adult C.
Jennifer R. G. Adams +9 more
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Multiphoton imaging of neural structure and activity in Drosophila through the intact cuticle
eLife, 2022 We developed a multiphoton imaging method to capture neural structure and activity in behaving flies through the intact cuticle. Our measurements showed that the fly head cuticle has surprisingly high transmission at wavelengths >900nm, and the ...
Max Jameson Aragon +7 more
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The kunitz domain protein BLI-5 plays a functionally conserved role in cuticle formation in a diverse range of nematodes [PDF]
, 2010 The cuticle of parasitic nematodes performs many critical functions and is essential for proper development and for protection from the host immune response.
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