Biochemistry and cell biology of silica formation in sponges

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 368-377

  Müller, Werner E G ^a   Krasko, Anatoli ^a   Le Pennec, Gael ^a   Schröder, Heinz C ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Silica; Silicatein; Spicules; Sponges

Indexed keywords

CLONING; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGY; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON COMPOUNDS; SILICA; SILICATES;

AMORPHOUS SILICA; CELL BIOLOGY; HEXACTINELLIDA; INORGANIC MATERIALS; MATERIAL FORMING; SILICA FORMATION; SILICATEIN; SKELETAL ELEMENTS; SPICULE; SPONGE;

ENZYMES;

COLLAGEN; ENZYME; FERRIC ION; SILICATEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DEMOSPONGIAE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HEXACTINELLIDA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SUBERITES DOMUNCULA;

DEMOSPONGIAE; HEXACTINELLIDA; SUBERITES; SUBERITES DOMUNCULA;

EID: 0141923631     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10402     Document Type: Article

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