Some vacuoles have specialized functions, and plant cells can have more than one type of vacuole. Vacuoles are related to lysosomes and share some functions with these structures; for instance ...

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

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

Specialised cell type Animal or plant cell? Function Features of cell that allow it to perform its function Beta cell (in pancreas) Animal Releases hormone insulin Uses its genetic instructions to ...

Cells are the building blocks of life, and they come in various shapes and sizes. All living organisms are made up of cells and these cells have various similarities and differences. They are ...

The two main types are the protein storage vacuoles of ... Signal processing and transduction in plant cells: the end of the beginning? Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2, 307–314 (2001 ...

The way we study plant cells is expanding—literally—thanks ... a water-absorbing polymer that can expand without losing its shape—the same type of material used in products like baby diapers.

The team demonstrated the feasibility of using SCP to characterize the contents of two neighboring root cell types in Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant often used as a model for research. While this ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...