Review Article

The Role of Proteins in Biosilicification

Figure 11

(a) Scheme of the cross-section of the hologram, indicating that the silaffin peptide R5 accumulates in in the polymer troughs. (b) AFM images of the polymer (i) before and (ii) after silification. The peaks in (i) correspond to the troughs in (ii), where the most prominent features are the silica deposits. Reproduced with permission from [126].
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