Precursor components are synthesized inside the cell and then assembled by enzymes associated with the cell membrane (Figure 3). Plant cells additionally possess large, fluid-filled vesicles ...

Researchers at Michigan State University have identified a new pathway inside plant cells that could prevent them from dying ...

But when scientists from Nagoya, Japan used powerful microscopes to study the fertilisation process, they were surprised to ...

The researchers have now discovered that as the concentrations of TIR domain proteins rise inside plant cells, they separate out like drops of oil in water—a typical feature of proteins that ...

While plant stem cells have not received the same spotlight, they hold immense potential for advancing agriculture and food ...

Plant cells placed in a solution with an equal water concentration to the contents of their cytoplasm and vacuole (dilute sugar solution) will not experience an overall change in volume.

Stem cells in plants are crucial for their growth and development, controlling cell division and differentiation in roots, ...

UC Davis researchers are looking at ways to bring alternative proteins to market. The burgers of the future could come from a ...

Starch is stored inside plant cells as grains. Thousands of glucose molecules can be linked together to form the complex carbohydrate cellulose. Cellulose is a very tough molecule that is used to ...

indicating that there are active proteases inside plant MVBs and illustrating yet another difference compared with animal cells. How Are ESCRT Protein Functions Different in Plant Cells?

At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 people wounded across Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon when hundreds of pagers ...

A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...