Hardening of bio-silica in sponge spicules involves an aging process after its enzymatic polycondensation: Evidence for an aquaporin-mediated water absorption - Müller, Werner E.G.; Wang, Xiaohong; Wiens, Matthias; Schloßmacher, Ute; Jochum, Klaus Peter; Schröder, Heinz C. (Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2011)
Keywords: absorption; Absorption - drug effects; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; aquaporins; Aquaporins - classification; Aquaporins - genetics; Aquaporins - metabolism; Bio-silica; Cathepsins - genetics; Cathepsins - metabolism; cell aggregates; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Gene Expression - drug effects; gene expression regulation; genes; Hardening; in vitro studies; Magnesium Sulfate - pharmacology; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Molecular Sequence Data; Phase Transition - drug effects; Phylogeny; Primmorphs; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Silicon Dioxide - chemistry; Silicon Dioxide - metabolism; Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; Spicules; Sponges; Suberites - genetics; Suberites - metabolism; Suberites - ultrastructure; Suberites domuncula; Time Factors; Water - metabolism; AQP; Mn; Bio-silica; qRT-PCR; DAPI; Sponges; IEF; Spicules; Primmorphs; Hardening; Cu; TEOS; PEG; Zn; EDX; SEM; Suberites domuncula; HF; PCR; Fe