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2019
Identification of proteins in the adhesive trails of the diatom Amphora coffeaeformis
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B., accepted
Control of biosilica morphology and mechanical performance by the conserved diatom gene Silicanin-1
Commun. Biol., accepted
Influence of silica architecture on the catalytic activity of immobilized glucose oxidase
2018
Biomineralization as a paradigm of directional solidification: A physical model for molluscan shell ultrastructural morphogenesis
Reconstituting the formation of hierarchically porous silica patterns using diatom biomolecules
2017
Immobilization of Proteins on Diatom Biosilica
Diatom Nanotechnology (D. Losic, ed.), RSC Publishing p. 126-149 (2017)
Silicanin-1 is a conserved diatom membrane protein involved in silica biomineralization
2016
Establishing super-resolution imaging for proteins in diatom biosilica
Structures of the PSCD domains of pleuralin-1, a biosilica-associated protein from the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis, and their interactions with other cell wall proteins
Biochemical composition and assembly of biosilica-associated insoluble organic matrices from the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana
2015
Targeted drug delivery using genetically engineered diatom biosilica
Compartmentalisation of Enzymes for Cascade Reactions through Biomimetic Layer-by-Layer Mineralization
2014
A Tyrosine-rich Cell Surface Protein in the Diatom Amphora coffeaeformis identified through Transcriptome Analysis and Genetic Transformation
Complex-shaped microbial biominerals for nanotechnology
Isolation and Biochemical Characterization of Underwater Adhesives from Diatoms
Biofouling 30, 513-523 (2014)
2013
Nitrate and carbonate concentration for high glucose content in microalgae
Pentalysine clusters mediate silica targeting of silaffins in Thalassiosira pseudonana
Kieselalgen für die Nanotechnik
Rapid Flow-through Biocatalysis with High Surface Area, Enzyme -loaded Carbon and Gold- bearing Diatom Frustule Replicas
Morphogenese der Silica-Zellwände von Diatomeen
BIOspektrum 19, 12-15 (2013)
2012
Live Diatom Silica Immobilization of Multimeric and Redox-active Enzymes
2011
Biocatalytic Nanoscale Coatings through Biomimetic Layer-by-Layer Mineralization
Nanopatterned protein microrings from a diatom that direct silica morphogenesis
2010
From Diatom Biomolecules to Bioinspired Syntheses of Silica- and Titania-based Materials.
Characterization of an endoplasmic reticulum-associated silaffin kinase from the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana
2009
Protein-Mediated Layer-by-Layer Syntheses of Freestanding Microscale Titania Structures with Biologically Assembled 3-D Morphologies.
The molecular basis of nacre formation
Protein-Enabled Synthesis of Monodisperse Titania Nanoparticles On and Within Polyelectrolyte Matrices.
2008
Diatoms - from cell wall biogenesis to nanotechnology
The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes.
Bio-enabled Surface-mediated Growth of Uniform Titania Nanoparticles
Identification of peptides capable of inducing the formation of titania but not silica via a subtractive bacteriophage display approach
2007
Prescribing diatom morphology: toward genetic engineering of biological nanomaterials
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics of Silica Biomineralization in Diatoms
Handbook of Biomineralization - Biological Aspects and Structure Formation (E. Baeuerlein, ed.), Wiley-VCH, p. 43-58 (2007)
Silica immobilization of an enzyme via genetic engineering of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana
Identification and Design of Peptides for the Rapid, High Yield Formation of Nanoparticulate TiO2 from Aqueous Solutions at Room Temperature
2006
Bio-enabled synthesis of Rutile (TiO2) at ambient temperature and neutral pH
Molecular genetic manipulation of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (Bacillariophyceae)
Rapid, Room-Temperature Formation of Crystalline Calcium Molybdate Phosphor Microparticles via Peptide-Induced Precipitation
2005
Biosilica Nanofabrication in Diatoms: The Structures and Properties of Regulatory Silaffins.
MRS Proceedings, 873, K1.2 doi:10.1557/PROC-873-K1.2 (2005)
A new molecular tool for transgenic diatoms: Control of mRNA and protein biosynthesis by an inducible promoter-terminator cassette
2004
Silica morphogenesis by alternative processing of silaffins in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana
The genome of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: ecology, evolution, and metabolism
The Molecular Basis of Diatom Biosilica Formation
in Biomineralization (E. Baeuerlein, ed.) 2nd edition, Wiley-VCH, p. 137-158 (2004)
Silica formation in diatoms: the function of long-chain polyamines and silaffins
2003
Biosilica formation in diatoms: Characterization of native silaffin-2 and its role in silica morphogenesis
Solid-state 29Si MAS NMR studies of diatoms: structural characterization of biosilica deposits
Silica deposition by a repetitive proline-rich protein from systemically resistant cucumber plants
2002
Self-assembly of highly phosphorylated silaffins and their function in biosilica morphogenesis
2001
The sweetness of diatom molecular engineering
Silica precipitating peptides from diatoms: The chemical structure of silaffin-1A from Cylindrotheca fusiformis
1H, 13C and 15N sequence-specific resonance assignment of the PSCD4 domain of diatom cell wall protein pleuralin-1
The biogenesis of silicate cell walls of diatoms
BIOspektrum 7, 556-557 (2001).
2000
Species specific polyamines from diatoms control silica morphology
Pleuralins are involved in theca differentiation in the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis
The Biochemistry of Silica Formation in Diatoms
in Biomineralization (E. Baeuerlein, ed.) 1st edition, Wiley-VCH, p. 151-170 (2000)
1999
Polycationic peptides from diatom biosilica that direct silica nanosphere formation
Targeting and covalent modification of cell wall and membrane proteins heterologously expressed in the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis (Bacillariophyceae)
1998
Diatom cell wall proteins and the cell biology of silica biomineralization
1997
Characterization of a 200 kDa diatom protein that is specifically associated with a silica-based substructure of the cell wall
1996
Frustulins: domain conservation in a protein family associated with diatom cell walls
1994
