Brasser, H.J. (author), Krijger, G.C. (author), Wolterbeek, H.T. (author) Silicon is involved in numerous important structural and functional roles in a wide range of organisms, including diatoms, plants, and humans, but clear mechanisms have been discovered only in diatoms and sponges. Silicate availability influences metal concentrations within various cell- and tissue-types, but a mechanism has not been discovered...
journal article 2008