Plant cells have some specialized properties that make them distinct from animal cells. Learn how special structures, such as chloroplasts and cell walls, create this distinction.

Image courtesy: www.image.slidesharecdn.com Therefore, the structure of the Cell ... known as powerhouse of the cell. (vi) Plastids: Occurs in plant cells and is absent in animal cells.

The basic structure of a plant cell is shown below. Photosynthesis relies on many structures in the cell all working together, each playing its role. The diagram below shows the same plant cell ...

Plant cells also contain large vacuoles and chloroplasts. Each organelle performs a specific function critical to the cell's survival (Table 1). Table 1. The structure and function of key eukaryotic ...

has an unexpected shape inside the plant cell walls". The structure of the xylan was ascertained by creating 2D maps of the molecular structure of the woody stalks of thale cress in the UK's most ...

UP to the present time, no X-ray investigations have been carried out on the molecular structure of chitin as present in plant cell-walls ... Distinct diagrams were obtained with this material ...