Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin. We ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists has captured the first live images. In a groundbreaking study, researchers ...

Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities ... of the organism and controls the cell’s activities. Cytoplasm - the liquid that makes up most of the cell in which chemical reactions ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed the first-ever method of detecting ribonucleic acid, or RNA, ...

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 ...

More information: Nemanja Vukašinović et al. Polarity-guided uneven mitotic divisions control brassinosteroid activity in ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic ...

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 ...

Light is not only the primary energy source for photosynthesis but also a crucial environmental cue that shapes various plant developmental ... essential for cell fate determination and ...