Term Name: chitin-based cuticle sclerotization
Synonyms: chitin-based cuticle tanning, cuticle hardening
Definition: The process of hardening of a chitin-based cuticle.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007593]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: adult chitin-containing cuticle pigmentation
is a type of: developmental maturation molting cycle process molting cycle, chitin-based cuticle
has subtype: chitin-based cuticle sclerotization by biomineralization chitin-based cuticle sclerotization by protein cross-linking
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of chitin-based cuticle tanning
positively regulated by: positive regulation of chitin-based cuticle tanning
regulated by: regulation of chitin-based cuticle tanning