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 ...

The team recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell walls ...

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

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 ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called ...

A powerful new toolkit for plant biology Although ExPOSE is currently used to study individual cells, Cox envisions an even ...

By this definition, stem cells are particularly important for plant growth, because virtually all tissues of the plant descend from small groups of stem cells located in their growing apices ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...