Plant cells. Plant cells are the building blocks of all plant life. They are characterized by a rigid cell wall made of cellulose, chloroplasts for photosynthesis and large central vacuoles that store ...

In plants with a mutated form of CDC123, they found that infected cells can no longer crank out proteins before they die, and the plants aren’t as good at keeping P. syringae bacteria at bay. “We’re ...

Cell to cell fusion is known to be extremely rare in plant cells due to the presence of the relatively tough cell wall. Only two other examples of plant cell fusion have been observed so far, and ...

Learn about the ultrastructure and organelles of animal, plant, fungal and bacterial cells. BBC Bitesize Scotland revision for SQA National 5 Biology.

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, similar to the way stem cells differentiate into different cell types. Using ...

Gene Identified That Helps Plant Cells Keep Communication Channels Open Date: February 28, 2009 Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summary: Stem cells in plants' growing tips, called "meristems ...

“Specifically, our results indicate that cues about where cells are in relation to the plant’s surface, for example through mechanical signaling, are used to confine ATML1 activity to cells on ...