Diatoms - From cell wall biogenesis to nanotechnology

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2008, Pages 83-107

  Kröger, Nils ^a,b   Poulsen, Nicole ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Biosilica; Morphogenesis; Phase separation; Polyamine; Silaffin

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIOGENESIS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL WALL; DIATOM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MORPHOGENESIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DIATOMS; GENOMICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 58549108456     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.41.110306.130109     Document Type: Review

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