The unusual conversation occurs between two compartments within plant cells—the nucleus and the chloroplast. It is a dialogue that continues today, and, according to research just published in ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday ... of their energy through cells filled with chlorophyll—called chloroplasts—that convert sunlight into life-sustaining power.

Under cold conditions, not only the mother plant but also the father plant can pass on its chloroplasts to the offspring. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in ...

Chloroplasts may seem like docile farmers of light. But inside these microscopic plant and algal cell structures lurks the spirit of a warrior. When a pathogen attacks a plant, chloroplasts stop ...

Experimental seedlings in the laboratory. UC Davis plant biologists have discovered how chloroplasts, responsible for photosynthesis in green plants, also play a key role in plant immunity to ...

Hidden moss chloroplast 'wall' discovered Date: July 13, 2016 Source: Kumamoto University Summary: Researchers have succeeded in the world's first visualization of a peptidoglycan 'wall' present ...

S. Koussevitzky et al., "Signals from chloroplasts converge to regulate nuclear gene expression," Science, 316:715–9, 2007. (Cited in 58 papers) Joanne Chory, a Salk Institute molecular biologist, ...