Organic SILICON

[Georg Seifert]

In article <5jgoc5$a0f$1 at montespan.pasteur.fr>, jpg at pasteur.fr (Jean-Philippe GÉRARD) says:
>
>I am trying to get informations about the implication of 
>ORGANIC SILICON  in general metabolism.
>
>I've just read an article published in Nature (1997) about
>the cloning of a silicon transporter in C. fusiformis (alga).

Dear Jean-Phillipe
In June on a concress on plant biology I met a lady
who is dealing with the role organic silicon root development . She 
talked a lot in general about organic silicon. Maybe You directly 
contact her so she can help you further. Her coordinates:

Prof. Dr. Galina Telysheva
Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry
27 Dzerbes Str 
Riga LV-1006
Latvian Republic

ligno at edzi.lza.lv

Cheers and good luck 
Georg