Gene Families of Cuticular Proteins Analogous to Peritrophins (CPAPs) in Tribolium castaneum Have Diverse Functions

Obstructor-A Is Required for Epithelial Extracellular Matrix Dynamics, Exoskeleton Function, and Tubulogenesis

(2012) Georg Petkau et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Formation of Rigid, Non-Flight Forewings (Elytra) of a Beetle Requires Two Major Cuticular Proteins

(2012) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   PLoS Genetics

Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Rigid and Membranous Cuticles and Epidermis from the Elytra and Hindwings of the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2011) Neal T. Dittmer et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Knickkopf protein protects and organizes chitin in the newly synthesized insect exoskeleton

(2011) S. S. Chaudhari et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genes encoding proteins with peritrophin A-type chitin-binding domains in Tribolium castaneum are grouped into three distinct families based on phylogeny, expression and function

(2010) Sinu Jasrapuria et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structural cuticular proteins from arthropods: Annotation, nomenclature, and sequence characteristics in the genomics era

(2010) Judith H. Willis   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chitin synthases are required for survival, fecundity and egg hatch in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2008) Yasuyuki Arakane et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY