Hierarchical composition of the axial filament from spicules of the siliceous sponge Suberites domuncula: from biosilica-synthesizing nanofibrils to structure- and morphology-guiding triangular stems

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

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

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

(2012) Xiaohong Wang et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

(2011) Xiaohong Wang et al.   PLoS One

Biosilicification of loricate choanoflagellate: organic composition of the nanotubular siliceous costal strips of Stephanoeca diplocostata

(2010) N. Gong et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cope's Rule and Romer's theory: patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates

(2009) J. C. Lamsdell et al.   Biology Letters

Crystalline Nanorods as Possible Templates for the Synthesis of Amorphous Biosilica during Spicule Formation in Demospongiae

(2009) Enrico Mugnaioli et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

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

(2009) Xiaohong Wang et al.   TERRA NOVA

The earliest fossil record of the animals and its significance

(2008) G. E Budd   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Choanoflagellate Lorica Construction and Assembly: The Nudiform Condition. II. Acanthoeca spectabilis Ellis

(2008) Barry S.C. Leadbeater et al.   PROTIST