High-resolution microscopy shows that during the initial stages of demosponge spicule formation, a primordial crystalline structure is formed within the axial filament. The recently developed electron diffraction tomography technique reveals that the nanorods have a layered structure that matches smectitic phyllosilicates. These intracellular nanorods have been considered as precursors of mature spicules. RI Kolb, Ute/A-2642-2011; Natalio, Filipe/D-4417-2011; Mugnaioli, Enrico/E-6237-2011
Crystalline Nanorods as Possible Templates for the Synthesis of Amorphous Biosilica during Spicule Formation in Demospongiae
Mugnaioli E;
2009-01-01
Abstract
High-resolution microscopy shows that during the initial stages of demosponge spicule formation, a primordial crystalline structure is formed within the axial filament. The recently developed electron diffraction tomography technique reveals that the nanorods have a layered structure that matches smectitic phyllosilicates. These intracellular nanorods have been considered as precursors of mature spicules. RI Kolb, Ute/A-2642-2011; Natalio, Filipe/D-4417-2011; Mugnaioli, Enrico/E-6237-2011File in questo prodotto:
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