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 ...

Transfer the cheek cells to the slide by rubbing the swab all over it. Drop the cover slip on the slide and stick it on the microscope. Go find those animal cells! Unlike the plant cells ...

A plant cell wall is arranged in layers and contains cellulose microfibrils, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin, and soluble protein. These components are organized into three major layers: the primary ...

New research from the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge has shed light on how plants precisely control ...

The image sequences provide new insights into how this cell structure forms, which could lead to innovations in plant-derived products such as renewable biofuels. Cell walls are made mostly of ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the ...

For plant detectives at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, moss, specifically Physcomitrella patens, is a model system that may hold the key to understanding how all cells grow.

The cells are obtained by cloning tissue lining the human cheek, a less invasive process than obtaining adult stem cells from bone marrow. The breakthrough offers long term hope for dealing with ...

Transfer the cheek cells to the slide by rubbing the swab all over it. Drop the cover slip on the slide and stick it on the microscope. Go find those animal cells! Unlike the plant cells ...