Genetic, biological and structural hierarchies during sponge spicule formation: from soft sol–gels to solid 3D silica composite structures

Siliceous deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni: A potential paleoclimate archive in ancient animals

(2012) Klaus Peter Jochum et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Flashing light in sponges through their siliceous fiber network: A new strategy of “neuronal transmission” in animals

(2012) XiaoHong Wang et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Bio-Sintering/Bio-Fusion of Silica in Sponge Spicules

(2011) Xiaohong Wang et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Biosilica Electrically-Insulating Layers by Soft Lithography-Assisted Biomineralisation with Recombinant Silicatein

(2011) Alessandro Polini et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Isolation of the Silicatein-α Interactor Silintaphin-2 by a Novel Solid-Phase Pull-Down Assay

(2011) Matthias Wiens et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

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

(2011) Werner E.G. Müller et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Interaction of the retinoic acid signaling pathway with spicule formation in the marine sponge Suberites domuncula through activation of bone morphogenetic protein-1

(2011) Werner E.G. Müller et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

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

Morphology of Sponge Spicules: Silicatein a Structural Protein for Bio-Silica Formation

(2010) Xiaohong Wang et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

The role of biosilica in the osteoprotegerin/RANKL ratio in human osteoblast-like cells

(2010) Matthias Wiens et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

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

A cryptochrome-based photosensory system in the siliceous sponge Suberites domuncula (Demospongiae)

(2010) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   FEBS Journal

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

(2010) Heinz C. Schröder et al.   Silicon

Sponge spicules as blueprints for the biofabrication of inorganic–organic composites and biomaterials

(2009) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Silk-inspired polymers and proteins

(2009) John G. Hardy et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

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

(2009) Matthias Wiens et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Luciferase a light source for the silica-based optical waveguides (spicules) in the demosponge Suberites domuncula

(2009) W. E. G. Müller et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Nanostructure evolution and calcium distribution in sol–gel derived bioactive glass

(2009) Sen Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Bio-sintering processes in hexactinellid sponges: Fusion of bio-silica in giant basal spicules from Monorhaphis chuni☆

(2009) Werner E.G. Müller et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Sponges (Porifera) as living metazoan witnesses from the Neoproterozoic: biomineralization and the concept of their evolutionary success

(2009) Xiaohong Wang et al.   TERRA NOVA

Silicatein expression in the hexactinellid Crateromorpha meyeri: the lead marker gene restricted to siliceous sponges

(2008) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Crystal structure and silica condensing activities of silicatein α–cathepsin L chimeras

(2008) Michael Fairhead et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Formation of Giant Spicule from Quartz Glass by the Deep Sea SpongeMonorhaphis

(2008) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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

Biofabrication of biosilica-glass by living organisms

(2008) Heinz C. Schröder et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Bioorganic/inorganic hybrid composition of sponge spicules: Matrix of the giant spicules and of the comitalia of the deep sea hexactinellid Monorhaphis

(2007) Werner E.G. Müller et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY