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The Role of Proteins in Biosilicification

Although the use of silicon dioxide (silica) as a constituent of living organisms is mainly restricted to diatoms and sponges, the ways in which this process is controlled by nature continue to inspire and fascinate. Both diatoms and sponges carry out biosilificiation using an organic matrix but the...

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Autor principal: Otzen, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24278750
http://dx.doi.org/10.6064/2012/867562