Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin. We ...

Lincoln Taiz, professor emeritus of molecular, cell and developmental biology, will deliver the fall 2014 Emeriti Lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday, November 19. His talk, “Agriculture, Population ...

Human bodies defend themselves using a diverse population of immune cells that circulate from one organ to another, responding to everything from cuts to colds to cancer. But plants don't have this ...