Balancing the pressure: How plant cells protect their vacuoles
Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...
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A mutation makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial microbes
A mutation that causes an amino-acid substitution in a channel called CNGC15 in the plant cell’s nucleus boosts the formation of such endosymbiotic relationships. Studying ion channels in their ...
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Photosynthetic Machinery from Plants Operates Within Hamster Cells, Claims New Study
Red algal chloroplasts stayed active in hamster cells for 48 hours A new technique enables chloroplast integration into animal cells Study offers potential for photosynthesis in non-plant organisms ...