Molecular cloning of silicatein gene from marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Porifera, Demospongiae) and development of primmorphs as a model for biosilicification studies

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 594-603

  Pozzolini, Marina ^a   Sturla, Laura ^d   Cerrano, Carlo ^b   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^e   Camardella, Laura ^f   Parodi, Anna Maria ^c   Raheli, Federica ^a   Benatti, Umberto ^a   Müller, Werner E G ^g   Giovine, Marco ^h  

^a Biochimica e Centro di Eccellenza Per Le Ricerche Biomediche

^b Dipartimento Per la Gestione del Territorio e Delle Sue Risorse

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h CNR Direzione Progetto Finalizzato Biotecnologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Primmorph; Silicatein; Siliceous spicules

Indexed keywords

BIOSILIFICATION; GENE REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; DNA; GENES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; SILICA;

PROTEINS;

CATHEPSIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA; SILICATEIN ALPHA; SILICON;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; SPONGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ITALY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHEPSINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ITALY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILICON;

DEMOSPONGIAE; PETROSIA FICIFORMIS; PORIFERA;

EID: 19944411858     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-004-3036-y     Document Type: Article

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