Diatom silica biomineralization: Parallel development of approaches and understanding

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-35

  Hildebrand, Mark ^a   Lerch, Sarah J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Diatom; Silicification; Structure formation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM FLUORIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; ALGAL PROTEIN; MINERAL; PROTEOME;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL VACUOLE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYTOSKELETON; DIATOM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA DEPOSITION VESICLE; SILICIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DIATOMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; PROTEOME; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84952638051     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.06.007     Document Type: Review

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