Calcium and silicon mineralization in land plants: transport, structure and function

Petra Bauer; Rivka Elbaum; Ingrid M Weiss

doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.01.019

Calcium and silicon mineralization in land plants: transport, structure and function

Plant Sci. 2011 Jun;180(6):746-56. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.01.019. Epub 2011 Feb 17.

Authors

Petra Bauer¹, Rivka Elbaum, Ingrid M Weiss

Affiliation

¹ Department Biosciences-Plant Biology, Saarland University, Campus A2.4, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany. p.bauer@mx.uni-saarland.de

PMID: 21497710
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.01.019

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Biological Transport
Calcium / metabolism*
Calcium Carbonate / metabolism
Calcium Oxalate / metabolism
Cell Wall / ultrastructure
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / methods
Models, Biological
Phylogeny
Plant Structures / metabolism
Plant Structures / ultrastructure
Plants / chemistry
Plants / metabolism*
Plants / ultrastructure*
Sequence Alignment
Silicon / metabolism*

Substances

Calcium Oxalate
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium
Silicon