They soon observed that some cells weren't dividing according to the "shortest wall rule," which normally governs plant cell division. While plant cells are expected to build the smallest – and ...

A University of Massachusetts professor has taken a play out of building contractors’ playbooks. Dr. Maura C. Cannon, Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and a team of ...

Cell division is an essential process by which living organisms grow, replenish lost cells, and regenerate dead and damaged ...

Biomechanics reveals cell wall age properties and how newly born cells can change their local shape and influence the growth of plant organs Scientists reveal new ...

This led to the discovery of what Mr. Dumais calls cell-division “tangrams” (after the Chinese geometric puzzle), which predict the common types of plant-cell division.

Green spots indicate a transcription factor that accumulates and inhibits cell division upon DNA damage. Researchers found an indispensable role of the transcription factor in arresting plant ...

Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have uncovered a long-sought mechanism employed by primitive land plants such as bryophytes (including mosses and ...

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin.

If cells in cell cultures grow while being treated with division-suppressing agents, their growth becomes excessive and they permanently lose their ability to divide. However, if the cells are ...

Cell division is a fundamental element of plant growth, but few studies have examined it in microgravity. "The tobacco cells divide frequently, making the process easy to observe," said Junya ...