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SUBMITTER: Mock T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2234187 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mock Thomas T Samanta Manoj Pratim MP Iverson Vaughn V Berthiaume Chris C Robison Matthew M Holtermann Karie K Durkin Colleen C Bondurant Sandra Splinter SS Richmond Kathryn K Rodesch Matthew M Kallas Toivo T Huttlin Edward L EL Cerrina Francesco F Sussman Michael R MR Armbrust E Virginia EV
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080122 5
Formation of complex inorganic structures is widespread in nature. Diatoms create intricately patterned cell walls of inorganic silicon that are a biomimetic model for design and generation of three-dimensional silica nanostructures. To date, only relatively simple silica structures can be generated in vitro through manipulation of known diatom phosphoproteins (silaffins) and long-chain polyamines. Here, we report the use of genome-wide transcriptome analyses of the marine diatom Thalassiosira p ...[more]