Plants are under constant stress due to pathogens, heat, or other environmental factors. Proteins can become damaged as a result and cell function is thrown off balance. Researchers at Ruhr University ...

Before seedlings can photosynthesize, they depend on fatty acids—and on peroxisomes to process them. Researchers discovered ...

UC Davis researchers have discovered a multi-layered system that plants use to regulate salicylic acid, a hormone vital for disease resistance but harmful in excess. The mechanism involves enzymes ...

The sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing problem: how to optimize photosynthesis without ...

Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing ...

Imagine if our bodies could grow new organs throughout our entire lives. Plants do this constantly, thanks to tiny, powerful reservoirs of stem cells. But how do these cells know when to divide, and ...