title: Calcium and silicon mineralization in land plants: transport, structure and function.
abstract: Plant biomineralization involves calcium and silicon transport and mineralization. Respective analytical methods and case studies are listed. Calcium carbonate is deposited in cystoliths, calcium oxalate in idioblasts. Silicon is deposited in phytoliths. Biomineralization is a coordinated process.
authors.affiliation: Department Biosciences-Plant Biology, Saarland University, Campus A2.4, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany. p.bauer@mx.uni-saarland.de
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Rivka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elbaum
authors.forename: Ingrid M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000378:metabolism; D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D010802:Phylogeny; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012825:Silicon / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002129:Calcium Oxalate; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D002118:Calcium; D012825:Silicon