Definitions

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  • noun biology The major portion of the exoskeleton of an insect or arthropod.

Etymologies

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pro- +‎ cuticle

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Examples

  • The envelope (env) is the outermost layer, separated by the bipartite epicuticle (epi) from the innermost procuticle (pro).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michaela Norum et al. 2010

  • The three histologically distinct layers, envelope (env), epicuticle (epi) and procuticle (pro) are established (B).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michaela Norum et al. 2010

  • An ordered chitin-protein matrix constitutes the innermost procuticle.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michaela Norum et al. 2010

  • The Sec24CD dependent COPII vesicles, thus, carry cuticle components as diverse as for example the chitin synthase producing the bulk of the procuticle, factors of the extracellular melanisation pathway, and the yet unknown lipid-handling enzymes of the envelope and epicuticle.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michaela Norum et al. 2010

  • Organisation of the procuticle is supposedly controlled by the apical plasma membrane that forms longitudinal corrugations called apical undulae during chitin synthesis that run perpendicular to the anterior-posterior axis of the developing embryo (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michaela Norum et al. 2010

  • The cuticle of hau mutant larvae has a reduced epicuticle, and the chitin-protein organisation is lost in the procuticle, while the envelope has a normal appearance (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michaela Norum et al. 2010

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