Isolation and Characterization of Silaffin that Catalyze Biosilica Formation from Marine Diatom Chaetoceros gracilis

HAYATI Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 119-122

  MANURUNG, AGNES IMELDA ^a   PRATIWI, ALBERTA RIKA ^b   SYAH, DAHRUL ^a   SUHARTONO, MAGGY THENAWIDJAJA ^a  

^a BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

biosilica; Chaetoceros gracilis; polymerization; silaffin protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886370848     PISSN: 19783019     EISSN: 20864094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4308/hjb.14.3.119     Document Type: Article

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