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 cell protein previously believed only to provide a scaffolding for DNA has also been shown to directly influence DNA ...

That’s because scientists from the University of Tokyo have found a method that allows animals to photosynthesise. With their ...

The world may need to start thinking differently about plants, according to a report in the journal Science by researchers who took a ... fossil spore record—the physical evidence of early plant life ...

All cells have specific structures, called components. Models in science are used to help us ... So there you have it, the building blocks of plant life. A plastic box, a small bag filled with ...

Cornell researchers reveal that linker histones, previously thought to merely organize DNA, actively regulate gene expression ...

Your body is one of the most complex natural structures ever. Billions of cells are put together in a specific way with the ...

Plastids reside in all plant cells, and take on different forms in relation to their cellular function, biochemistry and storage capacity. The modern era of molecular biology and molecular genetics ...