Integrated simulation with experimentation is a powerful tool for understanding diatom valve morphogenesis

BioSystems

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 450-459

  Cox, Eileen J ^a   Willis, Lisa ^b   Bentley, Katie ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosilicification; Computational modelling; Diatoms; Experimentation; Valve morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MORPHOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL COMPONENT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NANOANALYSIS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PROTOPLAST; SIMULATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84865296348     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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