Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring is an important post-translational modification, which tethers non-transmembrane proteins to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane (PM). It participates ...

Somerville believes that signaling via cell wall cues is a novel defense mechanism. In her mutants, she said, it's the genetic change in cell structure that produces signaling effects. But in a ...

The secret of how fiber shapes the structure of plant cell walls has been revealed, with potentially wide-ranging applications ranging from nutrition and health to agriculture. Researchers from The ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, Associate Professor Tuo Wang and his research team from the Department of Chemistry at Louisiana State University revealed the molecular architecture ...

Using a new method to isolate and reprogram plant cells into other cell types, biologists explored how banding patterns that increase the stability of plant cell walls are created and how their ...

The composition of an organism’s cell wall is the fourth characteristic used to classify an alga. Diatoms are unique as their cell wall is made of silica. The intricate designs within their silica ...

Plant cell walls are composed of many different carbohydrates, that each have a unique structure and function—you can think of them like toy building blocks," says botanist Louise Isager Ahl from the ...

Banding patterns of cellulose increase the stability of plant cell walls, much like the corrugated patterns in cardboard. Penn State biologists developed a method to isolate plant cells and observe ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, ...