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

Yasuyuki Arakane; Joseph Lomakin; Stevin H. Gehrke; Yasuaki Hiromasa; John M. Tomich; Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan; Richard W. Beeman; Karl J. Kramer; Michael R. Kanost

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002682

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

Yasuyuki Arakane ,

* E-mail: arakane@chonnam.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Division of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea
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Joseph Lomakin,

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Stevin H. Gehrke,

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Yasuaki Hiromasa,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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John M. Tomich,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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Richard W. Beeman,

Affiliation Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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Karl J. Kramer,

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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Michael R. Kanost

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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Formation of Rigid, Non-Flight Forewings (Elytra) of a Beetle Requires Two Major Cuticular Proteins

Yasuyuki Arakane,
Joseph Lomakin,
Stevin H. Gehrke,
Yasuaki Hiromasa,
John M. Tomich,
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan,
Richard W. Beeman,
Karl J. Kramer,
Michael R. Kanost

Published: April 26, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002682

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