Protecting the Eggs of a Praying Mantis: Natural Biomaterials

Chimia (Aarau). 2018 Nov 30;72(11):819-821. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2018.819.

Abstract

Coiled-coil proteins are the basis of the biomaterial that protects the overwintering eggs of praying mantises.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Products / chemistry*
  • Female
  • Insect Proteins / chemistry*
  • Mantodea / physiology*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Oviposition
  • Ovum / physiology*
  • Protein Conformation

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Insect Proteins