Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have revealed the structure of a key protein involved in ...

We have the first video of a plant cell wall being built Plant cells without a cell wall are fragile, so it's hard to image its construction.

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

Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls Date: March 21, 2025 Source: Rutgers University Summary: In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a ...

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 has captured images of ...

The PrgK enzyme, which breaks down the bacterial cell wall, facilitates the transfer of properties between bacteria.

Fleshy fruits develop textural changes during ripening and postharvest storage that determine their marketable acceptance and shelf life. Fruit texture, as a complex trait, depends on several factors, ...

Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) cultivars vary in firmness, and these phenotypic differences may be associated with peel and pulp cell wall polysaccharides. Three blueberry cultivars of distinctive ...

2 plants, Callery pear and wall lettuce, marked for Mass. invasive species list When a Callery or Bradford pear tree flowers, the aroma is "variously described as rotting fish, perfume gone wrong ...

Cell wall synthesis plays a key role in bacterial growth: the cell division protein FtsZ forms the so-called Z-ring in the center of the cell, thus initiating the division process.

Image provided by Dr. Sue Biggins After fortuitously identifying this class of genes regulated by microtubule integrity after mitotic exit but before cytokinesis, when the cell splits into two, Dr.

Specifically, the team examined the cell wall of Aspergillus fumigatus, a fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening disease in immunocompromised individuals.