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Insects use lubricants to minimize friction and wear in leg joints

A protein-based lubricating substance is discovered in the femoro-tibial joint of the darkling beetle Zophobas morio (Insecta). The substance extrudes to the contacting areas within the joint and appears in a form of filiform flows and short cylindrical fragments. The extruded lubricating substance...

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Publicado no:Proc Biol Sci
Main Authors: Nadein, Konstantin, Kovalev, Alexander, Thøgersen, Jan, Weidner, Tobias, Gorb, Stanislav
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society 2021
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261218/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34229486
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1065
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