After abscission, non-epidermal residuum cells specify de novo into epidermal ... which occurs in three stages and balances plant protection and growth in an effective manner.

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

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

Every time the temperature drops, a cloud passes overhead, or the sun sets, a plant makes a choice: Keep its microscopic ...

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

Damage to the mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to ...

Quinoa porridge: Using quinoa in place of oats can give you a slight protein boost. Cook the quinoa in coconut or almond milk ...

About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it activates other proteins involved in this process. Plk1 is also ...