Silicon deposition in diatoms: Control by the pH inside the silicon deposition vesicle

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 548-559

  Vrieling, Engel G ^a   Gieskes, W W C ^a   Beelen, Theo P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2',7' bis (2 carboxyethyl) 5(and 6) carboxyfluoresceinaceto xymethylester (BCECF AM); 3 (2,4 dinitroanilino) 3' amino N methyl propylamine (DAMP); Bacillariophyceae; Frustule; Organellar pH; Rhodamine 123; Silicon deposition vesicle (SDV)

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; NAVICULA PELLICULOSA; NAVICULA SALINARUM; NITZSCHIA SIGMA;

EID: 0033058203     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3530548.x     Document Type: Article

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