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| Title |
Diatom frustules protect DNA from ultraviolet light
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| Published in |
Scientific Reports, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41598-018-21810-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Luis Ever Aguirre, Liangqi Ouyang, Anders Elfwing, Mikael Hedblom, Angela Wulff, Olle Inganäs |
| Abstract |
The evolutionary causes for generation of nano and microstructured silica by photosynthetic algae are not yet deciphered. Diatoms are single photosynthetic algal cells populating the oceans and waters around the globe. They generate a considerable fraction (20-30%) of all oxygen from photosynthesis, and 45% of total primary production of organic material in the sea. There are more than 100,000 species of diatoms, classified by the shape of the glass cage in which they live, and which they build during algal growth. These glass structures have accumulated for the last 100 million of years, and left rich deposits of nano/microstructured silicon oxide in the form of diatomaceous earth around the globe. Here we show that reflection of ultraviolet light by nanostructured silica can protect the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in the algal cells, and that this may be an evolutionary cause for the formation of glass cages. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 29% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Portugal | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Scientists | 3 | 43% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 114 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 114 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 17% |
| Researcher | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 11% |
| Other | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 31 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 20% |
| Chemistry | 11 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 10 | 9% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 8 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 14% |
| Unknown | 40 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 May 2021.
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#4,074,541
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#32,586
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#75,783
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