Self-assembly of highly phosphorylated silaffins and their function in biosilica morphogenesis

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5593, 2002, Pages 584-586

  Kröger, Nils ^a   Lorenz, Sonja ^a   Brunner, Eike ^a   Sumper, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PHOSPHORYLATION;

SILICA;

PHOSPHORUS 31; SILICON DIOXIDE;

MORPHOGENESIS; PEPTIDE; SILICA;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DIATOM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIATOMS; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOGENESIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOSERINE; POLYAMINES; PRECIPITATION; PROTEINS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0037131421     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076221     Document Type: Article

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