A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be ...

Red algal chloroplasts stayed active in hamster cells for 48 hours A new technique enables chloroplast integration into animal cells Study offers potential for photosynthesis in non-plant organisms ...

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cpSRP43 is found in both monocots and dicots, moss and green algae but not in cyanobacteria or red algae (where an SRP RNA is still present) 8. This suggests that cpSRP43 is not restricted to ...

Because the plastids of red algae and glaucophytes appear to resemble ... their primary function of providing energy to the larger cell. At some point in their evolutionary history, however ...

The red pigment may also protect the algae from UV radiation and/or improve growing conditions for the algae. Perplexingly, only dormant spores appear red while the rapidly growing cells lack the ...

Red tide continues to plague Florida's Gulf Coast, with high concentrations of the harmful algae Karenia brevis detected in ...