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    Silicon Transporters in Higher Plants

    Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in the Earth’s crust and exerts beneficial effects on plant growth and production by alleviating both biotic and abiotic stresses including d...

    Jian Feng Ma in MIPs and Their Role in the Exchange of Metalloids (2010)

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    Characterization of substrate specificity of a rice silicon transporter, Lsi1

    Lsi1 (OsNIP2;1) is the first silicon (silicic acid) transporter identified in plant, which belongs to the nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein (NIP) subfamily. In this study, we characterized the functio...

    Namiki Mitani, Naoki Yamaji, Jian Feng Ma in Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Phys… (2008)