Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2016,7, 1241–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.115
outstanding properties.
Keywords: biological materials; biomechanics; composites; elastomericproteins; functional morphology; Review
Resilin – the pliant protein
Elastomericproteins occur in a large range of organisms and biological structures, and the spectrum of their biological functions is very broad
elastomericproteins existing in arthropods. The first description of resilin, which has often been called rubber-like protein, was based on analyses of three different insect exoskeleton elements: the wing hinge and the prealar arm of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) (also described for the
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Figure 1:
Occurrence of resilin in insects and crustaceans. Confocal laser scanning micrographs showing a win...