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| OmP. Agrawal, Klaus Scheller | Requires cookie* | | | Title
| Sclerotization of Insect Cuticle in a Cell-Free System  | | | | Abstract
| Incubation o f deproteinized larval cuticle (chitin flakes) with purified arylphorin (calli-phorin) or larval haemolymph o f Calliphora vicina resulted in the formation o f a chitin-protein complex. Enzymatic oxidation o f N-ß-alanyldopam ine (N D A B) in the presence o f chitin flakes or the chitin-protein com plex, resulted in various degrees o f cross-linking o f N B A D -quinone formed with chitin. This study confirms the involvement o f arylphorin in the process o f quinone tanning o f insect cuticle. | | | |
Reference
| Z. Naturforsch. 45c, 129—131 (1990); received October 4 1989 | | | |
Published
| 1990 | | | |
Keywords
| Arylphorin, Chitin, Cuticle, Sclerotization, Calliphora | | | |
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