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PRONUNCIATION OF RESILIN

resilin  [ˈrɛzəˌlɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESILIN

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Resilin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RESILIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Resilin

Resilin is an elastomeric protein found in many insects. It is part of what enables insects of many species to jump or pivot their wings efficiently. It was first discovered by Torkel Weis-Fogh in locust wing-hinges. Resilin is currently the most efficient elastic protein known. The elastic efficiency of the resilin isolated from locust tendon has been reported to be 97%. It does not have any regular structure but its randomly coiled chains are crosslinked by di- and tri-tyrosine links at the right spacing to confer the elasticity needed to propel some jumping insects distances up to 150 times their length. Resilin must last for the lifetime of adult insects and must therefore operate for hundreds of millions of extensions and contractions; its elastic efficiency ensures performance during the insect's lifetime. Resilin exhibits unusual elastomeric behaviour only when swollen in polar solvents such as water. A recombinant form of the resilin protein of the fly Drosophila melanogaster, pro-resilin, was synthesized in 2005 by expressing a part of the fly gene in the bacterium Escherichia coli.

Definition of resilin in the English dictionary

The definition of resilin in the dictionary is a highly elastic substance consisting of protein chains, found in the exoskeletons of various insects.

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ˈdɪsɪplɪn
Dublin
ˈdʌblɪn
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ˈiːvlɪn
franklin
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Helen
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linn
lɪn
Lynn
lɪn
madeleine
ˈmædəlɪn
merlin
ˈmɜːlɪn
parvolin
ˈpɑːvəˌlɪn
patulin
ˈpætjʊˌlɪn
porcelain
ˈpɔːslɪn
santalin
ˈsæntəˌlɪn
sassolin
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Tallinn
ˈtælɪn
trampolin
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RESILIN

resignedly
resignedness
resigner
resignment
resile
resilement
resilience
resiliency
resilient
resiliently
resilver
resin
resinata
resinate
resiner
resiniferous
resinification
resinify
resinize
resinlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE RESILIN

anilin
brasilin
brazilin
Guilin
Jilin
Kweilin
phycobilin
rosanilin
siderophilin
subtilin
urobilin

Synonyms and antonyms of resilin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «resilin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RESILIN

Find out the translation of resilin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of resilin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «resilin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

节肢弹性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

resilina
570 millions of speakers

English

resilin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

resilin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ريزيلين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

resilin
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

resilin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

resilin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

résiline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Resilin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Resilin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レシリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

resilin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Resilin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

resilin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

resilin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेजिलिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

resilinin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

resilina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

resilin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

resilin
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

resilin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

resilin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

resilin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

resilin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

resilin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of resilin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RESILIN»

The term «resilin» is used very little and occupies the 167.883 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RESILIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about resilin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESILIN»

Discover the use of resilin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to resilin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fuzziness: Structural Disorder in Protein Complexes
However, in order to produce sufficient amounts of resilin to manufacture biomaterials, several groupsutilize recombinant expression systems. '3>56' 57Aresilin-like protein (recl resilin) was cloned and expressed inE. c0li.13'58 Large quantities ...
Monika Fuxreiter, Peter Tompa, 2012
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Peptide-Based Materials
Crosslinked resilin is a highly stable, swollen isotropic rubber that is resistant to both high temperatures and protein coagulants. Resilin in neutral water is unaffected by heating up to 125 C and does not begin to degrade until 140–150 C.
Timothy Deming, 2012
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
Only small patches of resilin occur in the cuticle, and it mainly occurs at joints where wings or legs are hinged to the thorax. The prealar arm connecting the mesotergum to the first basalar sclerite of the thoracic wall in the wings of the migratory ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
4
Advances in Textile Biotechnology
Resilin is a structural protein with elastomeric properties, which is represented in specialized regions of the cuticle of most insects, where it is known to play important roles in insect flight, the jumping mechanisms of fleas, and vocalization in ...
V Nierstrasz, A Cavaco-Paulo, 2010
5
The Insects: Structure and Function
16.4.3 Elastic and extensible cuticle Elastic cuticles Some parts ofthe cuticle contain a colorless, rubber—like protein called resilin. The protein molecules are covalently linked by their tyrosine residues, and these linkages (di—/trityrosines) are ...
R. F. Chapman, Stephen J. Simpson, Angela E. Douglas, 2012
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Mechanical Design in Organisms
The materials to be discussed, resilin, abductin, and elastin, are the only known long-range elastic biomaterials that exist as one-phase amorphous polymer systems. As we shall see, other pliant biomaterials are known which have similar  ...
Stephen A. Wainwright, 1982
7
Insect Integument and Colour
Resilin itself is rich in glycine (35–40%), proline (7–10%), lacking in cysteine, methionine and tryptophan and forms a series of b-turns, creating an extended b- spiral structure stabilized by di- and tri-tyrosine cross-links (Andersen, 1964; Ardell ...
‎2010
8
The Proteins Composition, Structure, and Function
When Weis-Fogh then examined the resilin of the elastic tendon of the dragonfly mechanically and optically over a large range of strain and swelling, both in compression and in extension, and at pH values from 1.8 to 12.3, he found that the ...
Hans Neurath, 2012
9
Hydrogels in Cell-Based Therapies
Resilin-like. Proteins. For some clinical applications, such as replacement of heart valves, vocal cords, or load-bearing cartilage, implantable biomaterials must rst and foremost satisfy stringent mechanical requirements, like appropriate ...
Che J. Connon, Ian W. Hamley, 2014
10
Physics in Biology and Medicine
75 Exercises Resilin Thorax FIGURE 6.4 Resilin in the wing. The energy E stored in the stretched resilin is, from Eq. 5.9, =1 2 YA l2 l Here Y is the Young's modulus for resilin, which has been measured to be 1.8 × 107 dyn/cm2. Typically, in ...
Paul Davidovits, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESILIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term resilin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why insects are marvels of engineering
"We've found examples of springs, made of layers of hard insect cuticle and of a fluorescent blue protein called 'resilin'. This layering of the two materials gives ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Legs Give Moths a Flying Start
That energy storage depends on an elastic protein called resilin first described by another Cambridge scientist, Torkel Weiss-Fogh, in 1960. The protein acts like ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
3
How bedbugs have sex safely
The researchers found that the covering on the females' underbellies was rich in the elastic protein resilin, which helped to reduce mating-related tissue damage ... «Digital Journal, Feb 15»
4
Potential toxicity of cellulose nanocrystals examined
("Bionanocomposite films from resilin-CBD bound to cellulose nanocrystals), and Criado P, Fraschini C, Salmieri S, et al. ("Evaluation of antioxidant cellulose ... «Nanowerk, Feb 15»
5
Marienkäfern auf die Füße geschaut
Herausgefunden haben das Michels und seine Kollegen, indem sie das Protein Resilin, das für die Weichheit und Flexibilität der Haarspitzen verantwortlich ist, ... «NOZ - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, Nov 14»
6
Shrilk: Bug-Inspired 'Plastic' Made from Shrimp Shells
The exoskeleton is made out of cuticle, a composite of the natural polymer "chitin" and silklike strands of a rubbery substance called "resilin." Cuticle is light ... «LiveScience.com, Jan 14»
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Marienkäfer: Super-Haftung dank genialem Mix
Hafthaare des Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfers (Coccinella septempunctata), unten zeigt die blaue Färbung hohe Resilin-Gehalte. © Jan Michels Zoom. An Wänden ... «scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin, Aug 13»
8
Flexible Insect Protein Inspires Super Rubber
Resilin is a protein found in insects that allows them to jump long distances and beat their wings quickly. The material stores and releases energy due to its ... «NPR, Aug 13»
9
Week in science: Endangered technology & others
It evaluates the latest advances toward using a protein called resilin in nanosprings, biorubbers, biosensors and other applications. Extracting the urine: Chinese ... «The Hindu, Aug 13»
10
Zázračný materiál resilin
Supermateriál resilin, který umožňuje blechám skákat, cvrčkům cvrlikat či vážkám létat, nabízí nové využití v medicíně. Kirsti Kiicková se svým týmem z univerzity ... «21stoleti.cz, Aug 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Resilin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/resilin>. Apr 2024 ».
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