Biosilica aging: From enzyme-driven gelation via syneresis to chemical/biochemical hardening - Wang, Xiaohong; Schröder, Heinz C.; Schloßmacher, Ute; Jiang, Lei; Korzhev, Michael; Müller, Werner E.G. (Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2013)
Keywords: Aging of (bio)silica; Animals; aspartic acid; Biosilica; cations; cell aggregates; electron microscopy; gelation; Glass; glutamic acid; polymerization; potassium; silica; Silicatein; Siliceous sponge spicule; Silintaphin-2; sodium; spectroscopy; Suberites - chemistry; Suberites - enzymology; Aging of (bio)silica; Biosilica; Silintaphin-2; Siliceous sponge spicule; Silicatein