The secret of how fiber shapes the structure of plant cell walls has been revealed, with potentially wide-ranging applications ranging from nutrition and health to agriculture. Researchers from The ...

Somerville believes that signaling via cell wall cues is a novel defense mechanism. In her mutants, she said, it's the genetic change in cell structure that produces signaling effects. But in a ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, Associate Professor Tuo Wang and his research team from the Department of Chemistry at Louisiana State University revealed the molecular architecture ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A plant cell wall's unique ability to expand without weakening or breaking--a quality required for plant growth--is due to the movement of its cellulose skeleton, according to ...

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

The researchers termed this neither hard nor soft wood, "midwood." Not only do the researchers believe the unique structure of the tulip tree's secondary cell wall is responsible for its fast growth ...

Using a new method to isolate and reprogram plant cells into other cell types, biologists explored how banding patterns that increase the stability of plant cell walls are created and how their ...