BMC materialsPub Date : 2020-10-07DOI: 10.1186/s42833-020-00018-7
M. Bobeth, A. Dianat, R. Gutierrez, David Werner, Hongliu Yang, Hagen Eckert, G. Cuniberti
{"title":"Continuum modelling of structure formation of biosilica patterns in diatoms","authors":"M. Bobeth, A. Dianat, R. Gutierrez, David Werner, Hongliu Yang, Hagen Eckert, G. Cuniberti","doi":"10.1186/s42833-020-00018-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42833-020-00018-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92993,"journal":{"name":"BMC materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42833-020-00018-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45004760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMC materialsPub Date : 2020-08-26DOI: 10.1186/s42833-020-00016-9
Martin Wustmann, Nicole Poulsen, N. Kröger, K. van Pée
{"title":"Chitin synthase localization in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana","authors":"Martin Wustmann, Nicole Poulsen, N. Kröger, K. van Pée","doi":"10.1186/s42833-020-00016-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42833-020-00016-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92993,"journal":{"name":"BMC materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42833-020-00016-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47378119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMC materialsPub Date : 2020-08-06DOI: 10.1186/s42833-020-00017-8
Christoph Heintze, P. Formánek, D. Pohl, Jannes Hauptstein, B. Rellinghaus, N. Kröger
{"title":"An intimate view into the silica deposition vesicles of diatoms","authors":"Christoph Heintze, P. Formánek, D. Pohl, Jannes Hauptstein, B. Rellinghaus, N. Kröger","doi":"10.1186/s42833-020-00017-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42833-020-00017-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92993,"journal":{"name":"BMC materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42833-020-00017-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43747266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMC materialsPub Date : 2020-07-16eCollection Date: 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1186/s42833-020-00014-x
Yanai Peled, Jeana L Drake, Assaf Malik, Ricardo Almuly, Maya Lalzar, David Morgenstern, Tali Mass
{"title":"Optimization of skeletal protein preparation for LC-MS/MS sequencing yields additional coral skeletal proteins in <i>Stylophora pistillata</i>.","authors":"Yanai Peled, Jeana L Drake, Assaf Malik, Ricardo Almuly, Maya Lalzar, David Morgenstern, Tali Mass","doi":"10.1186/s42833-020-00014-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42833-020-00014-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stony corals generate their calcium carbonate exoskeleton in a highly controlled biomineralization process mediated by a variety of macromolecules including proteins. Fully identifying and classifying these proteins is crucial to understanding their role in exoskeleton formation, yet no optimal method to purify and characterize the full suite of extracted coral skeletal proteins has been established and hence their complete composition remains obscure. Here, we tested four skeletal protein purification protocols using acetone precipitation and ultrafiltration dialysis filters to present a comprehensive scleractinian coral skeletal proteome. We identified a total of 60 proteins in the coral skeleton, 44 of which were not present in previously published stony coral skeletal proteomes. Extracted protein purification protocols carried out in this study revealed that no one method captures all proteins and each protocol revealed a unique set of method-exclusive proteins. To better understand the general mechanism of skeletal protein transportation, we further examined the proteins' gene ontology, transmembrane domains, and signal peptides. We found that transmembrane domain proteins and signal peptide secretion pathways, by themselves, could not explain the transportation of proteins to the skeleton. We therefore propose that some proteins are transported to the skeleton via non-traditional secretion pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":92993,"journal":{"name":"BMC materials","volume":"2 ","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42833-020-00014-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38212401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMC materialsPub Date : 2020-06-16DOI: 10.1186/s42833-020-00012-z
Hagen Eckert, M. Montagna, A. Dianat, R. Gutierrez, M. Bobeth, G. Cuniberti
{"title":"Exploring the organic–inorganic interface in biosilica: atomistic modeling of polyamine and silica precursors aggregation behavior","authors":"Hagen Eckert, M. Montagna, A. Dianat, R. Gutierrez, M. Bobeth, G. Cuniberti","doi":"10.1186/s42833-020-00012-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42833-020-00012-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92993,"journal":{"name":"BMC materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42833-020-00012-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44877959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMC materialsPub Date : 2020-03-06DOI: 10.1186/s42833-020-00011-0
E. Topal, Z. Liao, M. Löffler, J. Gluch, Jian Zhang, Xinliang Feng, E. Zschech
{"title":"Multi-scale X-ray tomography and machine learning algorithms to study MoNi4 electrocatalysts anchored on MoO2 cuboids aligned on Ni foam","authors":"E. Topal, Z. Liao, M. Löffler, J. Gluch, Jian Zhang, Xinliang Feng, E. Zschech","doi":"10.1186/s42833-020-00011-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42833-020-00011-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92993,"journal":{"name":"BMC materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42833-020-00011-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45687951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMC materialsPub Date : 2020-02-27DOI: 10.1186/s42833-020-0010-6
Xiang Cao, F. Kawamura, T. Taniguchi, N. Yamada
{"title":"Electron-transport properties of degenerate ZnSnN2 doped with oxygen","authors":"Xiang Cao, F. Kawamura, T. Taniguchi, N. Yamada","doi":"10.1186/s42833-020-0010-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42833-020-0010-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92993,"journal":{"name":"BMC materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42833-020-0010-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49442810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMC materialsPub Date : 2020-01-31DOI: 10.1186/s42833-020-0008-0
Iva Milisavljevic, Yiquan Wu
{"title":"Current status of solid-state single crystal growth","authors":"Iva Milisavljevic, Yiquan Wu","doi":"10.1186/s42833-020-0008-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42833-020-0008-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92993,"journal":{"name":"BMC materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42833-020-0008-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49097416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}