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

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

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

(2011) Ute Schloßmacher et al.   FEBS Journal

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

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

Mineralization of the metre-long biosilica structures of glass sponges is templated on hydroxylated collagen

(2010) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   Nature Chemistry

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

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

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

Allometry of the limb bones of mammals from shrews (Sorex) to elephant (Loxodonta)

(2009) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

(2009) Xiaohong Wang et al.   TERRA NOVA

Marine biominerals: perspectives and challenges for polymetallic nodules and crusts

(2009) Xiaohong Wang et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

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

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

Axial growth of hexactinellid spicules: Formation of cone-like structural units in the giant basal spicules of the hexactinellid Monorhaphis

(2008) Xiaohong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Bioencapsulation of living bacteria (Escherichia coli) with poly(silicate) after transformation with silicatein-α gene

(2007) W MULLER et al.   BIOMATERIALS