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Title: Biosilica in Evolution, Morphogenesis, and Nanobiotechnology Case Study Lake Baikal / edited by Werner E. G. Müller, Mikhael A. Grachev.
Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology,
Progress in molecular and subcellular biology,

Main Entry: Müller, Werner E. G.
Grachev, Mikhael A.
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Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication Place: Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN: 9783540885528
Subject: Life sciences.
Biotechnology.
Aquatic biology.
Microbial ecology.
Biomaterials.
Nanotechnology.
Life sciences.
Freshwater & Marine Ecology.
Microbial ecology.
Biotechnology.
Biomaterials.
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
Nanotechnology.

Series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, 47
Progress in molecular and subcellular biology, 47

Contents: <P>Geology – Paleontology- Paleoclimate. Overview of geology and tectonic evolution of the Baikal-Tuva area. Tectonics of the Baikal rift deduced from volcanism and sedimentation: a review oriented to the Baikal and Hovsgol lake systems. Paleoclimate and evolution: emergence of sponges during the Neoproterozoic -- Organisms: Sponges. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of freshwater sponges in Lake Baikal. Towards a molecular systematics of the Lake Baikal/Lake Tuva sponges. Symbiotic interaction between dinoflagellates and the demosponge Lubomirskia baicalensis: Aquaporin-mediated glycerol transport -- Evolution. Silicon in Life: Whither Biological Silicification? Fossil Sponge Fauna in Lake Baikal Region. Identification and isolation of a retrotransposon from the Lubomirskia baicalensis: implication in rapid evolution of endemic sponges -- Role of biosilica in morphogenesis. Modeling of the siliceous skeleton -- Biosilica formation. Silicatein: Nano-biotechnological and Biomedical Applications -- Role of biosilica in material sciences. Role of Biosilica in Materials Science: Lessons from Siliceous - Biological Systems for Structural Composites. An overview of Silica in Biology, its Chemistry and recent Technological Advances. Optical and nonlinear optical properties of sea glass sponge spicules. Nanobiotechnology: Soft Lithography. The application of silicon and silicates in dentistry – a review -- Role of Biosilica in Nanobiotechnology. Sustainable exploitation and conservation of the endemic Lake Baikal sponge (Lubomirskia baicalensis) for the application in nanobiotechnology. </P>.
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