Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria—the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA for short—can lead to diseases such as ...

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of one plant and the ...

Plant signalling involves the conveying of information within and between plant cells from receptor systems to effectors. Signals can take many forms, including chemical and electrical ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally ...

The macromolecular organization of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts has been a topic of significant debate. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, this ...

That process, called carbon fixation, resulted in the assembly of two three-carbon molecules called 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PGA). The energy stored in ATP and NADPH helps turn these 3-PGA molecules into ...

Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls Date: March 21, 2025 Source: Rutgers University Summary: In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a ...

Visual selection and maintenance of the cell lines with high plant regeneration ability and low ploidy level in Dianthus acicularis by monitoring with flow cytometry analysis.

By that, Coale means it's a lot like what gave rise to the mitochondria (the energy-making powerhouse of cells) some 1.5 billion years ago and the chloroplast (which allows plants to ...