Plant roots and certain human membrane systems resist chemical transport in much the same way, say researchers. This similarity could make it easier to assess chemical risks for both people and plants ...

A small research group has just elucidated the structure of a sugar transport protein that is unique to plants. The new structure can help explain how plant organs - such as pollen - develop properly, ...

Revising transport systems in plants? Test your understanding of different transports systems with this interactive biology quiz. Develop your understanding of transport systems in plants with this ...

Plants transport water and nutrients from their environment through specialized pores. Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have shed light on a little-known but essential mechanism for ...

Sulfur is a vital macronutrient that plays central roles in plant growth, development and stress resilience. In plants, sulfur is primarily absorbed as sulfate from the soil and is subsequently ...

This protein storage function is unique to plant vacuoles and does not occur in other organisms. During evolution, plants developed a dedicated mechanism to transport large quantities of proteins into ...

Auxins form a class of small indolic plant growth regulators that was initially identified as the motile stimulus that causes plants to bend towards the light. Auxins have profound effects on many ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The effect of streaming speed on intercellular transport of chloride has been studied using pairs of internodal cells of Chara. The rate of ...

Plants produce all the amino acids essential for human life. This commonly occurs in specialized cell organelles, so-called plastids. A research team headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In a recent Opinion paper, Wegner (Journal of Experimental Botany 65, 381–392, 2014) adapts a concept developed for water flow in animal ...