This study provides a comprehensive review of historical morphological nomenclature used
for praying mantis (Mantodea) morphology, which includes citations, original use, and …

An overview of solid-state NMR structural studies on various silk forms and analogs
conducted by the authors' research groups is presented. The well-studied silkworm and …

Peptide drug discovery for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has attracted much
attention in recent years due to the urge to find novel drugs and mechanisms to delay the …

This study provides a comprehensive review of historical morphological nomenclature used
for praying mantis (Mantodea) morphology, which includes citations, original use, and …

Arthropods face several key challenges in processing concentrated feedstocks of proteins
(silk dope) into solid, semi-crystalline silk fibres. Strikingly, independently evolved lineages …

Insects have evolved numerous adaptations and colonized diverse terrestrial environments.
Several polyneopterans, including dictyopterans (cockroaches and mantids) and locusts …

Hagfish slime threads are assembled from protein-based bundles of intermediate filaments
(IFs) that undergo a strain-induced α-helical coiled-coil to β-sheet transition. Draw …

Sequence-definable polymers are seen as a prerequisite for design of future materials, with
many polymer scientists regarding such polymers as the holy grail of polymer science …

The robust, proteinaceous egg capsules of marine prosobranch gastropods (genus
Busycotypus) exhibit unique biomechanical properties such as high elastic strain recovery …

There is growing interest in materials generated from coiled coil proteins for medical
applications. In this study we describe controlled micellar refolding of coiled coil honeybee …