Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

An intact vacuole is necessary for many plant functions. Scientists are working toward identifying and characterizing a large and diverse group of tonoplast transporters.

The humble vacuole, a garbage dump inside cells, turns out to play an important role in the aging process ...

SopB helps Salmonella change the dynamics of the vacuole—specifically it alters the type of inositol phosphates in the vacuole membrane—which prevents the vacuole's fusion with lysosomes.

A “hub and spoke” system enables plant cells to efficiently coordinate cellular trafficking, particularly for cellular recycling, the so-called autophagy process. Specialized vesicles, the ...

Like thieves that constantly look for ways to evade capture, Salmonella enterica, a disease-causing bacterium, uses various tactics to escape the human body's defence mechanisms.

Accumulation of the HOPS subunit VPS41 at the vacuole membrane where it overlaps with the membrane marker SYP22.

The vacuole, which is the largest compartment within an apple cell, stores most of the apple’s water and sugar. A glue-like material called middle lamella attaches neighboring cells to one another by ...

Diagram of the two membrane channels between the malaria parasite vacuole and the red blood cell. [NIH] “The malaria parasite interfaces with its host erythrocyte (RBC) using a unique organelle ...