Matthias Wiens

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1 Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods. Proc Biol Sci 2009 5.08
2 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 2004 2.53
3 Deep metazoan phylogeny: when different genes tell different stories. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013 1.69
4 Bauplan of urmetazoa: basis for genetic complexity of metazoa. Int Rev Cytol 2004 1.15
5 Silica transport in the demosponge Suberites domuncula: fluorescence emission analysis using the PDMPO probe and cloning of a potential transporter. Biochem J 2004 1.08
6 A (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan recognition protein from the sponge Suberites domuncula. Mediated activation of fibrinogen-like protein and epidermal growth factor gene expression. Eur J Biochem 2004 1.03
7 Isolation and characterization of two T-box genes from sponges, the phylogenetically oldest metazoan taxon. Dev Genes Evol 2003 0.99
8 Silicatein expression in the hexactinellid Crateromorpha meyeri: the lead marker gene restricted to siliceous sponges. Cell Tissue Res 2008 0.97
9 Inorganic polymeric phosphate/polyphosphate as an inducer of alkaline phosphatase and a modulator of intracellular Ca2+ level in osteoblasts (SaOS-2 cells) in vitro. Acta Biomater 2011 0.95
10 Sponge spicules as blueprints for the biofabrication of inorganic-organic composites and biomaterials. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009 0.94
11 Bio-silica and bio-polyphosphate: applications in biomedicine (bone formation). Curr Opin Biotechnol 2012 0.93
12 Novel photoreception system in sponges? Unique transmission properties of the stalk spicules from the hexactinellid Hyalonemasieboldi. Biosens Bioelectron 2005 0.93
13 A cryptochrome-based photosensory system in the siliceous sponge Suberites domuncula (Demospongiae). FEBS J 2010 0.91
14 Silintaphin-1--interaction with silicatein during structure-guiding bio-silica formation. FEBS J 2011 0.90
15 Demosponge EST sequencing reveals a complex genetic toolkit of the simplest metazoans. Mol Biol Evol 2010 0.89
16 Silicase, an enzyme which degrades biogenous amorphous silica: contribution to the metabolism of silica deposition in the demosponge Suberites domuncula. Prog Mol Subcell Biol 2003 0.88
17 Biogenic origin of polymetallic nodules from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: electron microscopic and EDX evidence. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2008 0.88
18 Hardening of bio-silica in sponge spicules involves an aging process after its enzymatic polycondensation: evidence for an aquaporin-mediated water absorption. Biochim Biophys Acta 2011 0.88
19 Silicateins, the major biosilica forming enzymes present in demosponges: protein analysis and phylogenetic relationship. Gene 2007 0.87
20 Manganese/polymetallic nodules: micro-structural characterization of exolithobiontic- and endolithobiontic microbial biofilms by scanning electron microscopy. Micron 2008 0.86
21 Evagination of cells controls bio-silica formation and maturation during spicule formation in sponges. PLoS One 2011 0.86
22 Evolution of metazoan cell junction proteins: the scaffold protein MAGI and the transmembrane receptor tetraspanin in the demosponge Suberites domuncula. J Mol Evol 2004 0.85
23 Molecular mechanism of spicule formation in the demosponge Suberites domuncula: silicatein--collagen--myotrophin. Prog Mol Subcell Biol 2003 0.85
24 Common genetic denominators for Ca++-based skeleton in Metazoa: role of osteoclast-stimulating factor and of carbonic anhydrase in a calcareous sponge. PLoS One 2012 0.83
25 Silicateins, silicatein interactors and cellular interplay in sponge skeletogenesis: formation of glass fiber-like spicules. FEBS J 2012 0.83
26 Biosilicification of loricate choanoflagellate: organic composition of the nanotubular siliceous costal strips of Stephanoeca diplocostata. J Exp Biol 2010 0.82
27 Interaction of the retinoic acid signaling pathway with spicule formation in the marine sponge Suberites domuncula through activation of bone morphogenetic protein-1. Biochim Biophys Acta 2011 0.82
28 Isolation and characterization of a Mn(II)-oxidizing Bacillus strain from the demosponge Suberites domuncula. Mar Drugs 2010 0.82
29 Biosilica: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Function in Demosponges as well as its Applied Aspects for Tissue Engineering. Adv Mar Biol 2012 0.81
30 Dynamics of skeleton formation in the Lake Baikal sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis. Part II. Molecular biological studies. Naturwissenschaften 2005 0.81
31 NanoSIMS: insights into the organization of the proteinaceous scaffold within Hexactinellid sponge spicules. Chembiochem 2010 0.81
32 Okadaic acid, an apoptogenic toxin for symbiotic/parasitic annelids in the demosponge Suberites domuncula. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 0.80
33 Silicatein: nanobiotechnological and biomedical applications. Prog Mol Subcell Biol 2009 0.80
34 Dual effect of inorganic polymeric phosphate/polyphosphate on osteoblasts and osteoclasts in vitro. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2012 0.79
35 Bio-sintering processes in hexactinellid sponges: fusion of bio-silica in giant basal spicules from Monorhaphis chuni. J Struct Biol 2009 0.79
36 Acquisition of structure-guiding and structure-forming properties during maturation from the pro-silicatein to the silicatein form. J Biol Chem 2012 0.79
37 Bio-vaterite formation by glycoproteins from freshwater pearls. Micron 2010 0.79
38 Sponge biosilica formation involves syneresis following polycondensation in vivo. Chembiochem 2011 0.79
39 Differentiation capacity of epithelial cells in the sponge Suberites domuncula. Cell Tissue Res 2004 0.78
40 Mitochondrial genome of Suberites domuncula: palindromes and inverted repeats are abundant in non-coding regions. Gene 2008 0.78
41 The 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase in the lowest metazoa: isolation, cloning, expression and functional activity in the sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis. Mol Immunol 2007 0.78
42 The silicatein propeptide acts as inhibitor/modulator of self-organization during spicule axial filament formation. FEBS J 2013 0.77
43 Nocturnin in the demosponge Suberites domuncula: a potential circadian clock protein controlling glycogenin synthesis in sponges. Biochem J 2012 0.77
44 Arginine kinase in the demosponge Suberites domuncula: regulation of its expression and catalytic activity by silicic acid. J Exp Biol 2005 0.77
45 Bioengineering of the silica-polymerizing enzyme silicatein-alpha for a targeted application to hydroxyapatite. Acta Biomater 2010 0.76
46 Silicatein-mediated incorporation of titanium into spicules from the demosponge Suberites domuncula. Cell Tissue Res 2009 0.76
47 Circumferential spicule growth by pericellular silica deposition in the hexactinellid sponge Monorhaphis chuni. J Exp Biol 2011 0.76
48 Distribution of microfossils within polymetallic nodules: biogenic clusters within manganese layers. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2011 0.75
49 Differential expression of the demosponge (Suberites domuncula) carotenoid oxygenases in response to light: protection mechanism against the self-produced toxic protein (Suberitine). Mar Drugs 2012 0.75
50 The unique invention of the siliceous sponges: their enzymatically made bio-silica skeleton. Prog Mol Subcell Biol 2011 0.75
51 Concept of biogenic ferromanganese crust formation: coccoliths as bio-seeds in crusts from Central Atlantic Ocean (Senghor Seamount/Cape Verde). Nat Prod Commun 2011 0.75
52 Biosilica-based strategies for treatment of osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Prog Mol Subcell Biol 2011 0.75
53 Evidence for a biogenic, microorganismal origin of rock varnish from the Gangdese Belt of Tibet. Micron 2010 0.75
54 Molecular biomineralization: toward an understanding of the biogenic origin of polymetallic nodules, seamount crusts, and hydrothermal vents. Prog Mol Subcell Biol 2011 0.75
55 Biogenic inorganic polysilicates (biosilica): formation and biomedical applications. Prog Mol Subcell Biol 2013 0.75
56 Chemical mimicry: hierarchical 1D TiO2@ZrO2 core-shell structures reminiscent of sponge spicules by the synergistic effect of silicatein-α and silintaphin-1. Langmuir 2011 0.75