Bursicon (from the Greek bursikos, pertaining to tanning) is an insect hormone which mediates tanning in the cuticle of adult flies. ==Structure== The molecular structure of the hormone has been characterized rather recently. Bursicon is a 30 kDa neurohormone heterodimeric protein which is encoded by CG13419 gene and made of two cysteine knot subu...
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(from the article `hormone`) A neurosecretion of the insect brain distinct from the thoracotropic hormone and called bursicon acts directly on the adult cuticle (skin) of ...
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