Key regulators of stomata are plant vacuoles ... which are equivalent in function to lysosomes in mammalian cells (Figure 1). A special feature of guard cells is that they can increase or decrease ...

Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles ... However, plant cells still contain microtubules. No, plant cells vary by location ...

For instance, proteins that are destined for the vacuoles/lysosomes are synthesized at ... systems are heavily characterized in animal cells, plant cells are less well understood.

Damaged lysosomes are repaired by a lipid-based signaling ... who was not involved in the study. But the pathway might function differently in other cells, including neurons, so more work is needed, ...

Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National ...

In particular, we are interested in pathogen’s disturbance of host organelle function and inter-organellar communication in host cells in plant innate immunity ... cytosolic cargoes to deliver them to ...