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.

Chloroplasts are believed to have evolved from photosynthetic cyanobacteria, but it isn't clear what functions the cyanobacteria originally performed for the cells that engulfed them, said ...

Disentangling chloroplast genetics Scientists isolate a critical gene for plant health Date: May 11, 2017 Source: Kyoto University Summary: Proper DNA inheritance is essential for healthy ...

Chloroplast Stromules Function during Innate Immunity. Developmental Cell, 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.05.011 ...

Chloroplast ribosomes, which originated from cyanobacteria, comprise a large subunit (50S) and a small subunit (30S) containing ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and various ribosomal proteins. Genes for many ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 34, No. 10 (Dec., 1947), pp. 545-550 (6 pages) The isolated spinach chloroplast, as studied with the electron microscope, contains some forty to sixty bodies, the ...