Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have identified the HAN molecule as an important regulator that controls plant ...

Plants have a sophisticated mechanism for monitoring the production of new proteins. The U1 snRNP complex ensures that the ...

RNA molecules are short-lived and fragile, constantly under threat from enzymes that degrade them. Unlike the more stable ...

California Cultured - a startup producing flavanol-rich cocoa via plant cell culture - has secured a “significant” investment ...

An Iowa State University plant biologist received a $1.8 million federal grant to study a gene that affects both how plants ...

The membrane that surrounds cells in living organisms is extremely flexible and sensitive. How it protects itself from damage ...

Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm and mitochondria are four cell components that are found ...

Gilroy, S. & Trewavas, A. Signal processing and transduction in plant cells: the end of the beginning? Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2, 307–314 (2001) doi:10.1038/35067109. Surpin ...

As explained by California Cultured, the process of cell-based cacao begins by selecting cacao varieties with optimal flavor ...

As frost begins to appear across parts of the Northern Plains, temperatures have been low enough to cause leaf burning and ...