For life on Earth, it is essential that plants carry out photosynthesis and ultimately produce oxygen and chemical energy with the help of sunlight. Researchers from Göttingen and Hannover have now ...

Two studies published in the journal Cell shed light on the assembly, function and evolutionary diversity of the chloroplast protein import system. Chloroplasts are fundamental organelles in plant ...

Eukaryotic cells are more complex than prokaryotic ones because of specialized organelles. Learn how ancient collaborations between cells gave eukaryotes an important energy boost. Plant Cells, ...