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

Bioinspired synthesis of multifunctional inorganic and bio-organic hybrid materials

(2012) Rute Andre et al.   FEBS Journal

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

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

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

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

(2010) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   Nature Chemistry

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

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

A conserved hydrophobic surface of the LARG pleckstrin homology domain is critical for RhoA activation in cells

(2009) Mohamed Aittaleb et al.   CELLULAR SIGNALLING

Primary Structure and Post-Translational Modifications of Silicatein Beta from the Marine SpongePetrosia ficiformis(Poiret, 1789)

(2009) Andrea Armirotti et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

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

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

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

(2008) Michael Fairhead et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Silicatein and the Translation of its Molecular Mechanism of Biosilicification into Low Temperature Nanomaterial Synthesis

(2008) Richard L. Brutchey et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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