Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced naturally during cellular metabolism often cause oxidative damage to cells. However, ...

From the valves in a human heart to the quills on a porcupine to the petals on a summer lily, the living world is as varied as it is vast. For this to be possible, the cells that make up these living ...

Research has shed intriguing new light on the genetics underlying the diverse plant organ shapes seen in agriculture and ...

Plants are made up of very rigid cells. Much like bricks in a wall, this feature gives them the structural support to maintain their shape and to stand upright against gravity. However, just like any ...

Longitudinal sections of inflorescence stems of wild type (WT) (left) and at2-mmp mutant (right) at 7 days after incision. Arrowheads indicate the position of incision. Scale bars, 100 μm. Overall, ...

Plant cytokinesis culminates in the formation of a new cell wall between daughter cells, a process distinguished by the assembly and guided expansion of the phragmoplast, a microtubule–actin scaffold ...

When we talk about memories in biology, we tend to focus on the brain and the storage of information in neurons. But there are lots of other memories that persist within our cells. Cells remember ...