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Cuticle

Known as: Cuticula 
Waxy or fatty layer on outer wall of epidermal cells formed of cutin and wax.
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The postpharyngeal glands and the cuticle of Formicidae contain the same characteristic hydrocarbons
Comparison of the contents of the postpharyngeal gland and cuticular hydrocarbons of five species of ant have shown them to… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Filarial surface antigens: the major 29 kilodalton glycoprotein and a novel 17-200 kilodalton complex from adult Brugia malayi parasites.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Changes in translatable mRNAs during the larval-pupal transformation of the epidermis of the tobacco hornworm.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Cuticular morphogenesis during continuous growth of the final instar larva of a moth.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Molting hormone titer and metabolic fate of injected ecdysone during the fifth larval instar and in adults of Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera).
Review
1972
Review
1972
A survey of the fine structure of the integument of the fiddler crab.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Pattern formation and determination in the antenna of the homoeotic mutant Antennapedia of Drosophila melanogaster.
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDIES ON THE INDIRECT FLIGHT MUSCLES OFDROSOPHILAMELANOGASTER
The differentiation of the indirect flight muscles was studied in the various pupal stages of Drosophila. Fibrillar material… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
N-Acetyl-dopamine as Sclerotizing Agent of the Insect Cuticle
SCLEROTIZATION, that is, the hardening and darkening of the insect cuticle, is generally believed1–3 to be due to the… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Unidirectional Movement Fibres from A Proprioceptive Organ of the Crab, Carcinus Maenas
1. The proprioceptive organ of the shore crab Carcinus maenas, which signals all proprioceptive sensation from the joint between… 
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