Publications 2007

Adell T, Thakur AN, Müller WEG (2007) Isolation and characterization of Wnt pathway-related genes from Porifera. Cell Biol Int 31:939-949

Aiello A, Fattorusso E, Giordano A, Menna M, Müller WEG, Perović-Ottstadt S, Schröder HC (2007) Damipipecolin and damituricin, novel bioactive bromopyrrole alkaloids from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella damicornis. Bioorg Med Chem15:5877-5887

Cetkovic H, Mikoc A, Müller WEG, Gamulin V (2007) Ras-like Small GTPases form a large family of proteins in the marine sponge Suberites domuncula. J Mol Evol 64:332-341

Lange B, Metz N, Tahir MN, Fleischhaker F, Theato P, Schröder HC, Müller WEG, Tremel W, Zentel R (2007) Functional polymer-opals from core-shell colloids. Macromol Rapid Commun 28:1987-1994

Müller WEG, Belikov SI, Kaluzhnaya OV, Perović-Ottstadt S, Fattorusso E, Ushijima H, Krasko A, Schröder HC (2007) Cold stress defense in the freshwater sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis: Role of okadaic acid produced by symbiotic dinoflagellates. FEBS J 274:23-36

Müller WEG, Boreiko A, Schloßmacher U, Wang X, Tahir MN, Tremel W, Brandt D, Kaandorp JA, Schröder HC (2007) Fractal-related assembly of the axial filament in the demosponge Suberites domuncula: relevance to biomineralization and the formation of biogenic silica. Biomaterials 28:4501-4511

Müller WEG, Boreiko A, Wang X, Belikov SI, Wiens M, Grebenjuk VA, Schloßmacher U, Schröder HC (2007) Silicateins, the major biosilica forming enzymes present in demosponges: Protein analysis and phylogenetic relationship. Gene 395:62-71

Müller WEG, Boreiko A, Wang X, Krasko A, Geurtsen W, Custódio MR, Winkler T, Lukić-Bilela L, Link T, Schröder HC (2007) Morphogenetic activity of silica and bio-silica on the expression of genes controlling biomineralization using SaOS-2 cells. Calcif Tissue Int 81:382-393

Müller WEG, Eckert C, Kropf K, Wang X, Schloßmacher U, Seckert C, Wolf SE, Tremel W, Schröder HC (2007) Formation of giant spicules in the deep-sea hexactinellid Monorhaphis chuni (Schulze 1904): electron-microscopic and biochemical studies. Cell Tissue Res 329:363-378

Müller WEG, Li J, Schröder HC, Qiao L, Wang X (2007) The unique skeleton of siliceous sponges (Porifera; Hexactinellida and Demospongiae) that evolved first from the Urmetazoa during the Proterozoic: a review. Biogeosciences 4:219-232

Müller WEG, Schloßmacher U, Eckert C, Krasko A, Boreiko A, Ushijima H, Wolf SE, Tremel W, Müller IM, Schröder HC (2007) Analysis of the axial filament in spicules of the demosponge Geodia cydonium: Different silicatein composition in microscleres (asters) and megascleres (oxeas and triaenes). Eur J Cell Biol 86:473-487

Müller WEG, Wang X, Belikov SI, Tremel W, Schloßmacher U, Natoli A, Brandt D, Boreiko A, Tahir MN, Müller IM, Schröder HC (2007) Formation of siliceous spicules in demosponges: example Suberites domuncula. In Handbook of Biomineralization. Vol. 1: Biological Aspects and Structure Formation (Bäuerlein E, ed). Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp 59-82

Müller WEG, Wang X, Zeng L, Schröder HC (2007) Phylogenetic position of sponge in early metazoan evolution and bionic applications of siliceous sponge spicules. Chinese Sci Bull 52:1372-1381

Schröder HC, Brandt D, Schloßmacher U, Wang X, Tahir MN, Tremel W, Belikov SI, Müller WEG (2007) Enzymatic production of biosilica glass using enzymes from sponges: basic aspects and application in nanobiotechnology (material sciences and medicine). Naturwissenschaften 94:339-359

Schröder HC, Krasko A, Brandt D, Wiens M, Tahir MN, Tremel W, Müller WEG (2007) Silicateins, silicase and spicule-associated proteins: synthesis of demosponge silica skeleton and nanobiotechnological applications. In: Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation & Sustainability (Custodio MR, Hajdu E, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Muricy G, eds). Proceedings of the 7th International Sponge Symposium. Série Livros 28, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, pp 581-592

Schröder HC, Natalio F, Shukoor I, Tremel W, Schloßmacher U, Wang X, Müller WEG (2007) Apposition of silica lamellae during growth of spicules in the demosponge Suberites domuncula: biological/biochemical studies and chemical/biomimetical confirmation. J Struct Biol 159:325-334

Shukoor MI, Natalio F, Ksenofontov V, Tahir MN, Eberhardt M, Theato P, Schröder HC, Müller WEG, Tremel W (2007) Double-stranded RNA polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid immobilized onto γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles by using a multifunctional polymeric linker. Small 3:1374-1378

Shukoor MI, Natalio F, Tahir MN, Ksenofontov V, Therese HA, Theato P, Schröder HC, Müller WEG, Tremel W (2007): Superparamagnetic γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with tailored functionality for protein separation. Chem Commun 2007:4677-4679

Wang X, Li J, Qiao L, Schröder HC, Eckert C, Kropf K, Wang Y, Feng Q, Müller WEG (2007) Structure and characteristics of giant spicules of the deep sea hexactinellid sponges of the genus Monorhaphis (Hexactinellida: Amphidiscosida: Monorhaphididae). Acta Zool Sinica 53:557-569

Wiens M, Belikov SI, Kaluzhnaya OV, Adell T, Schröder HC, Perovic-Ottstadt S, Kaandorp JA, Müller WEG (2007) Regional and modular expression of morphogenetic factors in the demosponge Lubomirskia baicalensis. Micron, in press

Wiens M, Korzhev M, Perovic-Ottstadt S, Luthringer B, Brandt D, Klein S, Müller WEG (2007) Toll-like receptors are part of the innate immune defense system of sponges (demospongiae: Porifera). Mol Biol Evol 24:792-804

Wilkesman J, Schröder HC (2007) Analysis of serine proteases from marine sponges by 2-D zymography. Electrophoresis 28:429-436