Mosquitoes Possess Specialized Cuticular Proteins That Are Evolutionarily Related to the Elastic Protein Resilin [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Resilin is an elastic protein that is vital to insects’ vigorous movement. Canonical resilin proteins possess the R&R Consensus, a chitin-binding domain conserved in a family of cuticular proteins, and highly repetitive sequences conferring elastic ...
Toru Togawa, Daisuke S Yamamoto
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Mechanical Behavior of Honeybee Forewing with Flexible Resilin Joints and Stripes [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2023 The flexibility of insect wings should be considered in the design of bionic micro flapping-wing aircraft. The honeybee is an ideal biomimetic object because its wings are small and possess a concise vein pattern.
Dan Hou
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Resilin Distribution and Abundance in Apis mellifera across Biological Age Classes and Castes [PDF]
Insects, 2023 The presence of resilin, an elastomeric protein, in insect vein joints provides the flexible, passive deformations that are crucial to flapping flight. This study investigated the resilin gene expression and autofluorescence dynamics among Apis mellifera
Audrey Anderson +4 more
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Brown Adipose Stem Cell-Loaded Resilin Elastic Hydrogel Rebuilds Cardiac Function after Myocardial Infarction via Collagen I/III Reorganisation [PDF]
GelsIrreversible fibrosis following myocardial infarction (MI) stiffens the infarcted myocardium, which remains challenging to restore. This study aimed to investigate whether the injectable RLP12 hydrogel, derived from recombinant resilin protein, could ...
Le Zhao +8 more
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Biomimetic peptide conjugates as emerging strategies for controlled release from protein-based materials [PDF]
Drug DeliveryBiopolymers, such as collagens, elastin, silk fibroin, spider silk, fibrin, keratin, and resilin have gained significant interest for their potential biomedical applications due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and mechanical properties. This
Juthatip Manissorn +3 more
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Functional morphology of cleaning devices in the damselfly Ischnura elegans (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) [PDF]
Beilstein Journal of NanotechnologyAmong the different micro- and nanostructures located on cuticular surfaces, grooming devices represent fundamental tools for insect survival.
Silvana Piersanti +4 more
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Engineered Protein Fibers with Reinforced Mechanical Properties Via β‐Sheet High‐Order Assembly [PDF]
Advanced ScienceProtein fibers are ideal alternatives to synthetic polymers due to their unique mechanical properties, biocompatibility, and sustainability. However, engineering biomimetic protein fibers with high mechanical properties remains challenging, particularly ...
Ming Li +11 more
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Bioinspired nondissipative mechanical energy storage and release in hydrogels via hierarchical sequentially swollen stretched chains [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsNature suggests concepts for materials with efficient mechanical energy storage and release, i.e., resilience, involving small energy dissipation upon mechanical loading and unloading, such as in resilin and elastin. These materials facilitate burst-like
Henri Savolainen +3 more
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Characterization of a Chimeric Resilin-Elastin Structural Protein Dedicated to 3D Bioprinting as a Bioink Component [PDF]
NanomaterialsIn this study we propose to use for bioprinting a bioink enriched with a recombinant RE15mR protein with a molecular weight of 26 kDa, containing functional sequences derived from resilin and elastin.
Violetta Cecuda-Adamczewska +9 more
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Autofluorescent Biomolecules in Diptera: From Structure to Metabolism and Behavior
Molecules, 2022 Light-based phenomena in insects have long attracted researchers’ attention. Surface color distribution patterns are commonly used for taxonomical purposes, while optically-active structures from Coleoptera cuticle or Lepidoptera wings have inspired ...
Anna C. Croce, Francesca Scolari
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