News tagged with chloroplasts
Scientist Unlocking the Secrets of Sea Slug that Lives Like a Plant
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Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Photosynthesis generates the oxygen needed for life on earth as well as the biomass for food and biofuel production. The process is driven by the absorption of the sun’s energy by tiny green "bodies" called ...
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Researchers identify an important gene for a healthy, nutritious plant
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Jul 30, 2008 |
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Dartmouth researchers identify an important gene for a healthy, nutritious plant. The research paper, published with colleagues from Colorado State University and the University of South Carolina, appeared in the early online ...
Figuring out green power -- scientists speed up discovery of plant metabolism genes
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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Michigan State University researchers are dramatically speeding up identification of genes that affect the structure and function of chloroplasts, which could lead to plants tailored specifically for biofuel ...
Researchers identify an important gene for a healthy, nutritious plant
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Jul 22, 2008 |
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Dartmouth biologists have found a gene required for both efficient photosynthesis and for iron metabolism, processes necessary for producing a healthy plant and a nutritious food source. This research is part of a larger ...
Researcher Hopes to Unlock Evolutionary Secrets
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Feb 06, 2007 |
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Roughly 2 1/2 billion years ago, some algae began to photosynthesize, an astonishing development that led to the creation of plants and a myriad of complex life forms, including, incidentally, mankind.
Discovering the secret code behind photosynthesis
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered that an ancient system of communication found in primitive bacteria, may also explain how plants and algae control the process of photosynthesis.
Green Plants Share Bacterial Toxin
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Nov 06, 2006 |
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A toxin that can make bacterial infections turn deadly is also found in higher plants, researchers at UC Davis, the Marine Biology Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. and the University of Nebraska have found. ...
Discovery of plant protein holds promise for biofuel production
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Aug 16, 2008 |
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Scientists at Michigan State University have identified a new protein necessary for chloroplast development. The discovery could ultimately lead to plant varieties tailored specifically for biofuel production.
Deep in the ocean, a clam that acts like a plant
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Feb 21, 2007 |
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How does life survive in the black depths of the ocean? At the surface, sunlight allows green plants to "fix" carbon from the air to build their bodies. Around hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean live communities of giant ...
Researchers discover protein is crucial to reproduction of parasites involved in disease
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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As diseases go, toxoplasmosis is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Its effects are usually mild, though infection is for life, and two out of five Americans are chronically infected. Those with compromised immune systems can, however, ...
Researchers Find Shared Motif in Membrane Transport Proteins Found in Plants, Bacteria
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arkansas researchers have characterized a membrane receptor protein and its binding mechanism from chloroplasts in plants and determined that it shares a commonly shaped binding ...
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