They turn the food we eat into the energy our cells can use. But when stress hijacks the process they use to maintain their ...

Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles.

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 ...

Scientists found molecular evidence supporting the idea that chloroplasts originated as energy-generating organelles and only later evolved to support carbon assimilation in plant cells.

You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs ... the roles these unstructured rogue proteins play in the cell only to open another deeper question about what biomolecular ...

The EPA’s power plant rule that was finalized in April regulates carbon ... The modeling document shows that only one gigawatt of existing coal capacity will be operating through 2055. According to ...

but only plant cells have a cell wall, vacuole and chloroplasts. We used jelly to create an easy plant cell model showing the main features of a plant cell. See our animal cell model post for more ...

Plasmodesmata are only present in plant and algae cells and are not present in animal cells. Cells have the ability to repair and regrow themselves which allows Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles ...

Scientists have long studied membrane-bound compartments, called organelles, in plant cells ... less organelles in the cells. At 27 degrees, the number dropped to only five types.

Scientists have discovered a species of marine algae that contains an organelle capable of harvesting ... spotted if you've ever unearthed a pea or bean plant in your garden. Until now, it was assumed ...

The fact that there are only a few cases of organelles that evolved through ... we understand the system well enough to engineer plant cells to host nitroplasts.