Direct evidence of the molecular basis for biological silicon transport
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.
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11926 |
| Summary: | 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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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |