Acquisition of Structure-guiding and Structure-forming Properties during Maturation from the Pro-silicatein to the Silicatein Form

Silicateins, silicatein interactors and cellular interplay in sponge skeletogenesis: formation of glass fiber-like spicules

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Hardening of bio-silica in sponge spicules involves an aging process after its enzymatic polycondensation: Evidence for an aquaporin-mediated water absorption

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Sponge Biosilica Formation Involves Syneresis Following Polycondensation in vivo

(2011) Xiaohong Wang et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Silintaphin-1 - interaction with silicatein during structure-guiding bio-silica formation

(2011) Ute Schloßmacher et al.   FEBS Journal

Evagination of Cells Controls Bio-Silica Formation and Maturation during Spicule Formation in Sponges

(2011) Xiaohong Wang et al.   PLoS One

Osteogenic Potential of Biosilica on Human Osteoblast-Like (SaOS-2) Cells

(2010) Matthias Wiens et al.   CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL

NanoSIMS: Insights into the Organization of the Proteinaceous Scaffold within Hexactinellid Sponge Spicules

(2010) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

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(2010) Ling Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and in vitro characterization of freeze-dried doxorubicin-loaded silica/PEG composite

(2010) Magdalena Prokopowicz et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

Silicatein-Mediated Polycondensation of Orthosilicic Acid: Modeling of a Catalytic Mechanism Involving Ring Formation

(2010) Heinz C. Schröder et al.   Silicon

The role of the silicatein-α interactor silintaphin-1 in biomimetic biomineralization

(2009) Matthias Wiens et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Nanoindentation of histological specimens: Mapping the elastic properties of soft tissues

(2009) R. Akhtar et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Identification of a silicatein(-related) protease in the giant spicules of the deep-sea hexactinellid Monorhaphis chuni

(2008) W. E. G. Muller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY