Photosynthetic cells are quite diverse and include cells found in green plants, phytoplankton, and cyanobacteria. During the process of photosynthesis, cells use carbon dioxide and energy from the ...

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

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 ...

Wageningen researchers have discovered that a vital plant protein originated more than 600 million years ago, long before the first plants existed. They traced its origins back to an evolutionary ...

"At some point in evolution, plant cells must have developed a way to recognize and respond ... In this study, the researchers first found evidence that ARF arose from two protein fragments in green ...