Silicon: The key element in early stages of biocalcification

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Matsko, Nadejda B ^a   Žnidaršič, Nada ^b   Letofsky Papst, Ilse ^a   Dittrich, Maria ^c   Grogger, Werner ^a   Štrus, Jasna ^b   Hofer, Ferdinand ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFM; ATEM; Ca; Crustacean; Cyanobacteria; Silica

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIGIA ITALICA; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SILICON;

CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952440924     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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