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 ...

More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within ...

Chloroplasts are semi-autonomous organelles that have some degree of independence in their operation and reproduction. However, they still require proteins made from instructions in the cell ...

In previous years his team had designed selection systems that showed efficient gene transfer within a cell from chloroplasts to the nucleus. These results led Bock to ask whether this exchange is ...

They've also got a vacuole, chloroplasts and a cell wall, which are only found in plant cells and they can be a bit bigger than animal cells. Plants also have some very specialised cells.

Molecular markers, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and microsatellites, have been used to study cacao genetics, yet chloroplast genome data remain scarce. Plastid genomes provide ...