In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls allow plants to have rigid structures as varied as wood trunks and ...

Made up of tiny threads known as cellulose microfibrils, plant cell walls are important for regulating a plant's growth and protecting them from pests and pathogens. Previously, only one route for ...

And finally, top it up with the water. And then you'll have a model plant cell with all of its parts. A cell wall, which keeps everything together, cell membrane, which surrounds the cytoplasm ...

To maintain an energy-saving growth strategy in the absence of light, seedlings need signals generated by pectin in their cell walls. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before ...

However, due to the presence of the cell wall, plant root endodermal cells cannot establish direct tight junctions like gut epithelial cells. Plants have developed a unique cell wall structure ...

Channels in plant cell walls, called plasmodesmata, provide molecules with a bridge to move between cells, an essential phenomenon for cellular growth and development. The mystery has long been ...

A new mini-review published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts examines how environmental factors, particularly ...

Iowa State University scientists recently made a significant breakthrough in scientists’ ability to identify specific ...