Direct evidence of the molecular basis for biological silicon transport

Autor: Michael J. Knight, Laura Senior, Bethany Nancolas, Sarah Ratcliffe, Paul Curnow
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11926
Popis: Diatoms sheath themselves in a self-made casing of silica, which requires the function of silicic acid transporters. Here, the authors identify versions of these transporters that are experimentally tractable, and develop a fluorescence method to study silicic acid transport in vitro.
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