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During evolution silica deposition has been used in Protozoa, Metazoa and in plants as skeletal elements. It appears that the mechanisms for the formation of biogenic silica have evolved independently in these three taxa. In Protozoa and plants biosilicification appears to be primarily driven by non...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Müller, Werner E. G.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
Series:Progress in molecular and subcellular biology ; 33.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Biotechnology.
Biochemistry.
Aquatic biology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Silica: a Major Skelatal Element in Diatoms
  • Components and Control of Silicification in Diatoms
  • The Phylogeny of the Diatoms
  • Silicon a Central Metabolite for Diatom Growth and Morphogenesis Functions of Silicon in Higher Plants
  • Silicon in Plants
  • Silica Deposition in Demosponges
  • Molecular Mechanism of Spicule Formation in the Demosponge Suberites domuncula: Silicatein
  • Collagen
  • Myotrophin
  • Biotechnological Advances in Biosilicification
  • Silicase, an Enzyme Which Degrades Biogenous Amorphous Silica: Contribution to the Metabolism of Silica Deposition in the Demosponge Suberites domuncula
  • Studies of Biosilicas; Structural Aspects, Chemical Principles, Model Studies and the Future
  • Silicon Biomineralisation: Towards Mimicking Biogenic Silica Formation in Diatoms.