The Lysosome Origin of Biosilica Machinery in the Demospongiae Model Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789)
The silicification mechanism in sponges is a biologically controlled process where the complex and amazing shape of spicules is the result of the hierarchical assembly of silicon particles to form a composite structure with organic compounds, mainly constituted by proteins. In this work, using an in...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022
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