Unlike their simpler prokaryotic counterparts, eukaryotic cells boast a complex internal architecture. This complexity stems ...

Analysis: This statement is FALSE. Chloroplasts are primarily found in plants and algae. They are not present in animals, ...

Phosphorus, a key ingredient in fertilizers, is running out. The world's food systems depend on phosphorus mined from limited ...

Scientists are studying Death Valley's Tidestromia oblongifolia, a desert plant thriving above 45°C, to develop heat-resilient crops. This remarkable plant reorganizes its cellular structures and gene ...

Rosaceae; Rosa rugosa × Rosa sertata; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic relationship This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 32072559, 31860568, 31560563, and ...

Camena Bioscience (Camena), an innovator in enzymatic DNA synthesis, and Constructive Bio (Constructive), a pioneer in whole genome writing, today announced they have joined a collaborative project ...

Don’t expect to see seed corn literature distinguishing hybrids based on what type of chloroplast they possess. Yet research by Purdue University scientists in botany and plant pathology indicates ...

Inside every plant cell, an ancient struggle plays out. It is not dramatic like a predator-prey chase, but it is essential for life. DNA from chloroplasts – once free-living bacteria – still tries to ...

To promote photomorphogenesis, including plastid development and metabolism, the phytochrome (phy) and the cryptochrome (cry) photoreceptors orchestrate genome-wide changes in gene expression in ...

(Nanowerk News) Scientists have uncovered a critical role for rapid DNA repair in maintaining genome stability. A new study reveals that repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs) in nuclear DNA serves as ...

Plant viruses are an economically important group of pathogens that significantly reduce crop yield in any global cultivation system. These entities are mainly composed of two macromolecules, proteins ...