The structure and interaction of polymers affects secondary cell wall banding patterns in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 2024; 36 (10): 4309 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae233 ...

The data led to the development of a revised model of fungal cell wall organization and the assembly of five categories of polysaccharides, including chitin, β-glucan, mannan, α-glucan, and ...

The cell-wall needs to be strong enough to counteract the effects of intracellular pressure as well as external pressures, but also needs to have flexibility so that cells can grow and divide; new ...

These revelations about the cell wall structure are crucial for understanding how plants form their complex shapes and will help increase understanding of plant immunity and adaptation to changing ...

Cecilia Borassi ¹, Ana R. Sede ², Martin A. Mecchia ², Juan D. Salgado Salter ¹, Eliana Marzol ¹, Jorge P. Muschietti ²³, Jose M. Estevez ¹, An update on cell surface proteins containing ...

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 ...

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the metabolism of the cell, they also play a key role in the integration of signals ...

Additionally, his team thinks it’s possible that when cell cultures are grown under optimized conditions, those plant cells may not need an intact cell wall structure for long-term viability and ...

Since each cell has about six feet of DNA packed inside it, it must be folded up tightly to fit. This folding not only saves space—it also controls which genes are active or inactive.

Xylem tracheary elements (XTEs) are a type of cell that allow water to move from a plant's roots to its leaves, and they have remarkably thick cell walls. Unlike in other cells, Pfaff said ...