News tagged with plant cell
Research spawns new discoveries showing how crops survive drought
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Breakthrough research done earlier this year by a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside has greatly accelerated scientists' knowledge on how plants and crops can ...
Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist ...
Beans' defenses mean bacteria get evolutionary helping hand
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Bean plants' natural defences against bacterial infections could be unwittingly driving the evolution of more highly pathogenic bacteria, according to new research published today in Current Biology.
The plant cell's corset
Sep 02, 2009 |
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We still have a lot to discover about the mechanism in plants that ensures cell growth in a specific direction. However it is clear that a structure of parallel protein tubes plays an important role. Simon Tindemans investigated ...
Researchers develop process for 'surgical' genetic changes
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Research led by scientists at Iowa State University's Plant Sciences Institute has resulted in a process that will make genetic changes in plant genes much more efficient, practical and safe.
New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments
Jul 10, 2009 |
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They've been dubbed "grassoline" - second generation biofuels made from inedible plant material, including fast-growing weeds, agricultural waste, sawdust, etc. - and numerous scientific studies have shown ...
Scientists develop a new HIV microbicide -- and a way to mass produce it in plants
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 28, 2009 |
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In what could be a major pharmaceutical breakthrough, research published online in The FASEB Journal describes how scientists from St George's, University of London have devised a one-two punch to stop HIV. First the report ...
Waxy plant substance key for absorption of water, nutrients
May 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While proving a long-held theory that suberin blocks water and nutrient absorption in plants, a Purdue University scientist learned more about manipulating the substance to better feed plants.
Researcher identifies genetic pathway responsible for much of plant growth
May 20, 2009 |
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Researchers at Iowa State University have discovered a previously unknown pathway in plant cells that regulates plant growth.
Researcher develop new technique for modifying plant genes
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Massachusetts General Hospital have used a genome engineering tool they developed to make a model crop plant herbicide-resistant without significant changes to its DNA.
Breaking the ties that bind: New hope for biomass fuels
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have discovered a potential chink in the armor of fibers that make the cell walls of certain inedible plant materials so tough. The insight ultimately ...
Nature-inspired technology creates engineered antibodies to fight specific diseases
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When viruses and bacteria invade the body, the immune system generates protective proteins called antibodies that bind to and destroy the invading pathogens.
Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars ...
Scientists Identify Stem-Cell Genes That Help Form Plant Organs
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant stem-cells are master cells located at the tip of the stem and are part of a structure called the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Here, the stem cells—all clumped together—divide throughout ...
Improved test can screen fungal pests for biofuel sources
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Those pesky fungi that wreak havoc on such important crops as corn and wheat just might be the key to low-cost biofuel production, report Cornell researchers who have improved a method to ...
