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A gene family of silicon transporters

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  1. Walter Gassmann

    Present address: Department of Plant Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-3102, USA

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  1. Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Lajolla, California, 92093-0202, USA

    Mark Hildebrand & Benjamin E. Volcani

  2. Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, Lajolla, California, 92093-0116, USA

    Walter Gassmann & Julian I. Schroeder

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Hildebrand, M., Volcani, B., Gassmann, W. et al. A gene family of silicon transporters. Nature 385, 688–689 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/385688b0

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