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Beetle Cuticle Structure

Beetle Cuticle Structure is a biological construct representing the hierarchical, chitin-based exoskeletal organization specific to beetles, distinguished by its species-variable layering, sclerotization patterns, and surface microstructures that confer mechanical resilience and ecological adaptability.

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A Rubber-Like Protein in Insect Cuticle

Torkel Weis‐Fogh · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1960 · 452 citations

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<i>Laccase 2</i> is the phenoloxidase gene required for beetle cuticle tanning

Yasuyuki Arakane, Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Richard W. Beeman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 406 citations · Full text

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THE CHITIN SYSTEM

K.M. Rudall, W. Kenchington · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1973 · 404 citations

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Evidence for a material gradient in the adhesive tarsal setae of the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata

Henrik Peisker, Jan Michels, Stanislav N. Gorb · Nature Communications · 2013 · 322 citations · Full text

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SCARABAEID BEETLE EXOCUTICLE AS AN OPTICAL ANALOGUE OF CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS

A. C. Neville, Stanley Caveney · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1969 · 276 citations

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  1. KJ
    Karl J. Kramer

    Kansas State University, United States

    18 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. YA
    Yasuyuki Arakane

    Kansas State University, United States

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. SM
    Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan

    Kansas State University, United States

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. SO
    Svend Olav Andersen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    10 publications · 350 citations

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  5. SN
    Stanislav N. Gorb

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    10 publications · 706 citations

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  1. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

    19 h-index

    67 publications

    6.6K citations

  2. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    12 h-index

    12 publications

    751 citations

  3. Chonnam National University

    Gwangju, South Korea

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Linköping University

    Linköping, Sweden

    9 h-index

    29 publications

    844 citations

  5. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. Center for Grain and Animal Health Research

    Manhattan, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    733 citations

  8. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    3.5K citations

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  1. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    16 publications · 743 citations

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  2. Insect Biochemistry

    13 publications · 505 citations

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  3. Journal of Insect Physiology

    12 publications · 537 citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Biology

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Journal of The Royal Society Interface

    8 publications · 339 citations

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