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Involvement of chitin in exoskeleton morphogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.

Journal of morphology - 1 Apr 2005

Moussian Bernard, Schwarz Heinz, Bartoszewski Slawomir, Nüsslein-Volhard Christiane

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Exoskeletons stabilize cell, tissue, and body morphology in many living organisms including fungi, plants, and arthropods. In insects, the exoskeleton, the cuticle, is produced by epidermal cells as a protein extracellular matrix containing lipids and the polysaccharide chitin, and its formation requires coordinated synthesis, distribution, and modification of these components. Eventually, the stepwise secretion...

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PMID: 15747378
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10324

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