Publications 2004

Adell T, Gamulin V, Perović-Ottstadt S, Wiens M, Korzhev M, Müller IM, Müller WEG (2004) Evolution of metazoan cell junction proteins: the scaffold protein MAGI and the transmembrane receptor tetraspanin in the demosponge Suberites domuncula. J Mol Evol 59:41-50

Cetkovic H, Grebenjuk VA, Müller WEG, Gamulin V (2004) Src proteins/src genes: from sponges to mammals. Gene 342:251-261

Cetkovic H, Müller WEG, Gamulin V (2004) Bruton’s tyrosine kinase-like protein, BtkSD, is present in the marine sponge Suberites domuncula. Genomics 83:743-745

Choresh O, Loya Y, Müller WEG, Wiedenmann J, Azem A (2004) The mitochondrial 60-kDa heat shock protein in marine invertebrates: biochemical purification and molecular characterization. Cell Stress Chaperones 9:38-48

Chevreux B, Pisterer T, Drescher B, Müller WEG, Wetter T, Suhai S (2004) Using the miraEST assembler for reliable and automated mRNA transcript assembly and SNP detection in sequenced ESTs. Genome Res 14:1147-1159

Elkhayat E, Edrada R, Ebel R, Wray V, van Soest R, Wiryowidagdo S, Mohamed MH, Müller WEG, Proksch P (2004) New luffariellolide derivatives from the Indonesian sponge Acanthodendrilla sp. J Nat Prod 67:1809-1817

Müller WEG, Batel R, Müller IM, Schröder HC (2004) Cultural heritage: Porifera (sponges), a taxon successfully progressing paleontology, biology, biochemistry, biotechnology and biomedicine. Adv Exp Med Biol 546:325-358

Müller WEG, Batel R, Schröder HC, Müller IM (2004) Traditional and modern biomedical prospecting: Part I - the history. Sustainable exploitation of biodiversity (sponges and invertebrates) in the Adriatic Sea at Rovinj (Croatia). Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 1:71-82

Müller WEG, Grebenjuk VA, Le Pennec G, Schröder HC, Brümmer F, Hentschel U, Müller IM, Breter HJ (2004) Sustainable production of bioactive compounds by sponges: cell culture and gene cluster approach: A review. Marine Biotechnol 6:105-117

Müller WEG, Grebenjuk VA, Thakur NL, Thakur AN, Batel R, Krasko A, Müller IM, Breter HJ (2004) Oxygen-controlled bacterial growth in the sponge Suberites domuncula: towards a molecular understanding of the symbiotic relationships between sponge and bacteria. Appl Envir Microbiol 70:2332-2341

Müller WEG, Klemt M, Thakur NL, Schröder HC, Aiello A, D'Esposito M, Menna M, Fattorusso E (2004) Molecular/chemical ecology in sponges: evidence for an adaptive antibacterial response in Suberites domuncula. Mar Biol 144:19-29

Müller WEG, Perovic S, Schröder HC, Breter HJ (2004) Oxygen as a morphogenic factor in sponges: expression of a tyrosinase gene in the sponge Suberites domuncula. Micron 35:87-88

Müller WEG, Schröder HC, Wiens M, Perovic-Ottstadt S, Batel R, Müller IM (2004) Traditional and modern biomedical prospecting: Part II - the benefits. Approaches for a sustainable exploitation of biodiversity (secondary metabolites and biomaterials from sponges). Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 1:133-144

Müller WEG, Thakur NL, Ushijima H, Thakur AN, Krasko A, Le Pennec G, Indap MM, Perovic-Ottstadt S, Schröder HC, Lang G, Bringmann G (2004) Matrix-mediated canal formation in primmorphs from the sponge Suberites domuncula involves the expression of a CD36 receptor-ligand system. J Cell Sci 15:2579-2590

Müller WEG, Wiens M, Adell T, Gamulin V, Schröder HC, Müller IM (2004). Bauplan of Urmetazoa: Basis of genetic complexity of Metazoa. Int Rev Cytol 235:53-92

Perović-Ottstadt S, Adell T, Proksch P, Wiens M, Korzhev M, Gamulin V, Müller IM, Müller WEG (2004) A (1®3)-ß-d-glucan recognition protein from the sponge Suberites domuncula: mediated activation of fibrinogen-like protein and epidermal growth factor gene expression. Eur J Biochem. 271:1924–1937

Perovic-Ottstadt S, Cetkovic H, Gamulin V, Schröder HC, Kropf K, Moss C, Korzhev M, Diehl-Seifert B, Müller IM, Müller WEG (2004) Molecular markers for germ cell differentiation in the demosponge Suberites domuncula. Int J Dev Biol 48:293-305

Pozzolini M, Sturla L, Cerrano C, Bavestrello G, Camardella L, Parodi AM, Raheli F, Benatti U, Müller WEG, Giovine M (2004) Molecular cloning of silicatein gene from marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Porifera, Demospongiae) and development of primmorphs as a model for biosilicification studies. Mar Biotechnol 6:594-603

Schröder HC, Grebenjuk VA, Binder M, Skorokhod A, Batel R, Hassanein H, Müller WEG (2004) Functional molecular biodiversity: Assessing the immune status of two sponge populations (Suberites domuncula) on the molecular level. Mar Ecol 25:93-108

Schröder HC, Perović-Ottstadt S, Wiens M, Batel R, Müller IM, Müller WEG (2004) Differentiation capacity of the epithelial cells in the sponge Suberites domuncula. Cell Tissue Res 316:271-280

Tahir MN, Théato P, Müller WEG, Schröder HC, Janshoff A, Zhang J, Huth J, Tremel W (2004) Monitoring the formation of biosilica catalysed by histidin-tagged silicatein. Chem Commun 2848-2849

Thakur NL, Müller WEG (2004) Biotechnological potential of marine sponges. Current Science 86:1506-1512

Wiens M, Perovic-Ottstadt S, Müller IM, Müller WEG (2004) Allograft rejection in the mixed cell reaction system of the demosponge Suberites domuncula is controlled by differential expression of apoptotic genes. Immunogenetics 56:597-610