A new silk: Mechanical, compositional, and morphological characterization of leafhopper (Kahaono montana) silk

@article{Chang2005ANS,
  title={A new silk: Mechanical, compositional, and morphological characterization of leafhopper (Kahaono montana) silk},
  author={Jung C. Chang and Murray J. Fletcher and Geoff M. Gurr and Deborah S. Kent and Robert G. Gilbert},
  journal={Polymer},
  year={2005},
  volume={46},
  pages={7909-7917}
}
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Structure–Property and Structure–Function Relations of Leafhopper (Kahaono montana) Silk
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It is suggested that the silk fibres act as a structural support for other leafhopper secretions and together form a hydrophobic barrier that may protect the insects from rain and natural enemies.
Characterization of silk spun by the embiopteran, Antipaluria urichi.
Chemical, structural and thermal properties of Gonometa postica silk fibroin, a potential biomaterial.
Tarantulas and social spiders : a tale of sex and silk
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Previous common conceptions of dimensional morphologies were examined to see if they could adequately sex theraphosid spiders, including the species that was the subject of the silk study already described.
Characterization and Evolutionary Analyses of Silk Fibroins from Two Insect Orders: Embioptera and Lepidoptera
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Fibroin sequence data was obtained through construction of species-specific silk gland libraries for the lepidopteran Hepialus californicus (ghost moth), and five embiopteran species and many similar features were found to be shared across species, suggesting that embiopTeran silk has remained largely unchanged since it arose over 100 million years ago.
Comparison of fibroin cDNAs from webspinning insects: insight into silk formation and function.
Silk production by the Australian endemic leafhopper Kahaono montana Evans (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Dikraneurini) provides protection from predators
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Evidence is presented of gregarious silk production by the Australian endemic leafhopper Kahaono montana Evans demonstrating this species is responsible for producing the silk that it had previously been reported to use.
Biomimetic repeat protein derived from Xenopus tropicalis for fibrous scaffold fabrication.
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The hypothetical protein with a repeat motif derived from the frog Xenopus tropicalis was obtained and characterized for its potential as a novel protein-based material, and an acid extraction-based purified xetro protein was successfully fabricated into microfibers and nanofibers using wet spinning and electrospinning.
Salt-, pH- and temperature-responsive semi-interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel based on poly(aspartic acid) and poly(acrylic acid)
Effect of methyl alcohol on conformational structure and thermal behavior of Eri (Philosamia ricini) silk fibroin film.

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