Within the animal kingdom, a naturally produced molecule known as itaconate serves a prominent role in the immune system as a ...

Boron, though required only in minimal amounts, is vital for plant development. It strengthens cell walls and supports the ...

A study on beetleweed shows that autopolyploid plants with different chromosome sets can coexist, reshaping how scientists ...

New research from Max Planck Institute reveals how plants defend their genomes from invasion by chloroplast DNA.

The model simulates a cross section of the plant root focusing on the cortical and epidermal tissues. Plant cells are visualized as four‐sided polygons representing the cell walls. For the sake of ...

Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames.

Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles. These proteins not only sustain seedling growth but also serve as a major ...

Plant epidermal cell walls maintain the mechanical integrity of ... deformation modes of primary cell walls and presents a framework that is also applicable to tissues and whole organs. During wall ...

Using this supercharged Barley EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor), their new EGF ... generally speaking plant growth factors cannot communicate with our cells in the same way as human-derived growth ...