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 ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from ...

Hamster cells capable of photosynthesis: this could transform medicine. A Japanese team successfully achieved this feat, ...

For example, plants need boron, which is taken into the cells by molecules known as the boric acid channel. But how do the ...

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 ...

Plant cell biology is the study of all aspects of plant cells. It is particularly concerned with structure, growth, division, signalling, differentiation and death of plant cells. The authors ...

Botanists have come to understand the channels and transporters involved in the uptake and transport of nutrients, yet how ...

Chinese scientists have discovered a small molecule in plant cells that can trigger immunity. This molecule, which has been ...

A team has clarified how in plants the boric acid channels, the conduits for the necessary element boron, are transported to the plasma membrane.