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

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

A research team has uncovered the mechanism and underlying reason behind the transformation of residual cells into epidermal ...

More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

However, they still require proteins made from instructions in the cell nucleus ... development and structure, said Yoon, who is also a member of the Purdue Center for Plant Biology.

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led team found that BOR1 is expressed in the tapetal cells of young anthers in unopened buds ...

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. A study on rice ...

Finnish scientists have identified the country's first giant virus, Jyvaskylavirus, in local soil. The virus infects amoebas ...

Lab-grown meat causes heated debates. Proponents see benefits for the climate and animal welfare. Opponents worry about a ...