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Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Resilin
Resilin is an almost perfect elastic protein found in many insects. It can be stretched up to 300% of its resting length and is not affected by creep or stress relaxation. While much is known about the static mechanical properties of resilin, it is most often used dynamically by insects. …
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Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Cockroach(Periplaneta americana) Resilin
Resilin is a cuticular protein found in a variety of insects. It can stretch up to 300% of its natural length without any creep or relaxation. Further, it operates across a wide frequency range from 5 Hz in locomotion to 13 kHz in sound production. Both the protein sequence and composition of …
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Investigation on the Mechanisms of Elastomechanical Behavior of Resilin
Resilin is a disordered elastomeric protein and can be found in specialized regions of insect cuticles. Its protein sequence, functions and dynamic mechanical properties vary substantially across the species. Resilin can operate across the frequency range from 5 Hz for locomotion to 13 kHz for …
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The development of the rumen fluke, Calicophoron daubneyi, within the mammalian host
… eggshell protein extracts identified pro-resilin, a protein with elastic properties not previously reported in trematode eggshells. C. daubneyi eggs were found to be more resistant to changes in pH and hypochlorite concentrations than Fasciola hepatica eggs suggesting that their atypical …
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How beetles explode : new insights into the operation, structure, and materials of bombardier beetle (Brachinini) defensive glands
… is found to contain the rubber-like protein resilin, likely as an adaptation to allow the valve to consistently make and hold a tight seal during each explosion, in analogy to rubber gaskets used in technological valve applications.
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Syntax of Phase Transition Peptide Polymers with LCST and UCST Behavior
<p>"Smart" polymers that sense stimuli in aqueous environments and that respond with a pronounced change in their solvation are of great utility in biotechnology and medicine. Currently, however, only few peptide polymers are known to display this behavior. Here, we uncover the syntax -- defined as …
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Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Nanoscale Soft Matter Deformation
… of work similar to RNA polymerase; additionally, resilin's inverse temperature transition may be closely linked to the molecule's ability to efficiently transmit energy through the similar coil-β secondary structure transition seen in both cases. These insights into the inverse transition …