Nanoparticles can, in theory, deliver cargo directly to a leaf’s interior and then break down safely. Scientists suspected ...

Purdue researchers have discovered the structure of the enzyme that makes cellulose ... to date of the complicated process by which cellulose - the foundation of the plant cell wall and the most ...

The image sequences provide new insights into how this cell structure forms ... four stages of cell wall development. First, enzymes in the cell’s outer layer pump out short pieces of cellulose ...

Plant cells are surrounded ... the team linked parts of enzymes that stick to cellulose to a non-toxic green fluorescent marker that could be used in live cells. The setup also included a ...

The size and shape of rosettes determine the structure and properties ... of different types of plant cells, including the pollen tubes and root hairs that use CSLD enzymes to make their cellulose." ...

Although composed entirely of glucose units, its crystalline microfibrillar structure and association with lignin and hemicelluloses in plant cell ... just obtained an enzyme that could ...

Lam has studied the process at the heart of the enzyme's pivotal role in plant health—a phenomenon known as programmed cell death or cell suicide—for the past 30 years. Programmed cell death ...

This new research explored the origin and evolution of the biochemical machinery that builds lignin, a structural component of plant cell walls ... partnership with an enzyme called ferulate ...

While this provides structure ... the plant cell walls are key to the drug's efficacy. Their sturdiness shields the insulin from upper digestive tract acids and enzymes, until the drug reaches ...