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 ...

Chloroplast development ... specific primers using the first-strand cDNA as a template. For quantitative real-time RT–PCR, the RNA samples were reverse transcribed into first-strand cDNA ...

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 ...

What is a grass? Chloroplast DNA reveals that a grass may not be a grass Date: April 28, 2010 Source: American Journal of Botany Summary: Researchers recently investigated the evolution of grasses ...

The cellular compartments housing the molecular machines, the chloroplasts, are probably the most important natural engines on earth. Many scientists consider artificially rebuilding and ...

A new study, led by the University of Bristol, has shed new light on the origin, timing and habitat in which the chloroplast first evolved. The Earth's biosphere is fuelled by photosynthesis.

Scientists agree this process occurred twice, leading to the development of mitochondria—organelles that produce energy—and ...

The chloroplast carries out photosynthesis in all multicellular plants and algae. A new study sheds light on the evolutionary origins of this organelle, potentially answering the question: what is the ...

The resultant sludge then floods the slug’s über-branched gut, where it’s captured by cells that hoard the chloroplasts intact, while breaking down or discarding everything else that’s algal.

Under cold conditions, not only the mother plant but also the father plant can pass on its chloroplasts to the offspring A story of flowers and bees is the classic introduction to a topic that is ...