Progress in silicatein from sponges
海绵硅蛋白研究进展

Sponges (Porifera) are the oldest living metazoan in the world,among which most of them (Demospongia) can produce silicic skeleton from orthosilicic acid in the seawater under the natural environmental conditions.These biosilicic materials exhibit good mechanical and optical properties as well as good biocompatibility.During the biosilicification process of sponges,a protein,named as silicatein,plays an important role and has attracted great attention from biologist,chemists and material scientists.This min...