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New insight into silica deposition in horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

BACKGROUND: The horsetails (Equisetum sp) are known biosilicifiers though the mechanism underlying silica deposition in these plants remains largely unknown. Tissue extracts from horsetails grown hydroponically and also collected from the wild were acid-digested in a microwave oven and their silica...

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Autores principales: Law, Chinnoi, Exley, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21801378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-11-112