Silicateins-A Novel Paradigm in Bioinorganic Chemistry: Enzymatic Synthesis of Inorganic Polymeric Silica

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

(2012) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

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

(2012) Klaus Peter Jochum et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Bio-silica and bio-polyphosphate: applications in biomedicine (bone formation)

(2012) Xiaohong Wang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

An overview of the fundamentals of the chemistry of silica with relevance to biosilicification and technological advances

(2012) David J. Belton et al.   FEBS Journal

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

(2012) Xiaohong Wang et al.   FEBS Journal

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

(2012) Heinz C. Schröder et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

Optical properties of in-vitro biomineralised silica

(2012) Alessandro Polini et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Bacterial diversity in five Icelandic geothermal waters: temperature and sinter growth rate effects

(2011) Dominique J. Tobler et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

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

Bone Tissue Response to Porous and Functionalized Titanium and Silica Based Coatings

(2011) Amol Chaudhari et al.   PLoS One

Sol–gel silica-based biomaterials and bone tissue regeneration

(2010) Daniel Arcos et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

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

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

Hybrid porous material produced by polymerization-induced phase separation

(2010) Stanislav Dubinsky et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Formation of silicones mediated by the sponge enzyme silicatein-α

(2010) Stephan E. Wolf et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

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

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

Flashing light signaling circuit in sponges: Endogenous light generation after tissue ablation in Suberites domuncula

(2010) Matthias Wiens et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Occurrence of a Silicatein Gene in Glass Sponges (Hexactinellida: Porifera)

(2010) Galina N. Veremeichik et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Porous structures controlled by segregation of ordered mesophases in poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) hydrogels polymerized from an isotropic AOT/water medium

(2010) Carmen S. Renamayor et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

Paradigm shifts versus fashion shifts? Systems and synthetic biology as new epistemic entities in understanding and making ‘life’

(2009) Thomas Potthast   EMBO REPORTS

Bimodal porous silica monoliths obtained by phase separation in non-aqueous media

(2009) Jean Le Bideau 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

Marine biominerals: perspectives and challenges for polymetallic nodules and crusts

(2009) Xiaohong Wang et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effects of Laminate Architecture on Fracture Resistance of Sponge Biosilica: Lessons from Nature

(2008) Ali Miserez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

In-situgrown silica sinters in Icelandic geothermal areas

(2008) DOMINIQUE J TOBLER et al.   Geobiology

Light inside sponges

(2008) Franz Brümmer et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

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