Silicon biotechnology: Harnessing biological silica production to construct new materials

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 230-232

  Morse, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSILOXANE; PROTEIN; SILICATEIN ALPHA; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033153036     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(99)01309-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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