Researchers discover how plants respond to changes in light at the molecular level
Plants don't have eyes, but they do "see" their surroundings using light.
Biotechnology
Dec 4, 2017
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News tagged with plant arabidopsis
Large-scale approach reveals imperfect actor in plant biotechnology
A research team led by Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research has harnessed metabolomic technologies to unravel the molecular activities of a key protein that can enable plants to withstand a common herbicide. Their ...
Biotechnology
Nov 27, 2017
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Discovered in plants a mechanism that corrects defects in protein folding
Various human nervous system diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases, are associated with the same basic disorder: the loss of nerve cells capacity to fold ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 23, 2017
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Changing of the guard—research sheds light on how plants breathe
New research is set to change the textbook understanding of how plants breathe.
Biotechnology
Sep 21, 2017
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Research finds roots use chemical 'photos' to coordinate growth
Though it may look haphazard, the network of intertwining plant roots snaking through the soil actually represents a deliberate process. Root growth is guided by chemical snapshots taken by the young roots, allowing them ...
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2017
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Greater understanding of plant hormone results in stem cells that grow shoots
Researchers at Dartmouth College have identified how a well-known plant hormone targets genes to regulate plant growth and development. The finding could allow scientists to establish organ-growing stem cells for grains like ...
Biotechnology
Jul 3, 2017
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Firing up your car with lipids
Sometimes, when a science experiment doesn't work out, unexpected opportunities open up.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 23, 2017
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How thirsty roots go in search of water
Scientists from the University of Nottingham, England and Tohoku University, Japan have helped to solve a mystery that has fascinated scientists since Charles Darwin - how plant roots sense water and change direction to find ...
Biotechnology
May 11, 2017
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Chemicals that cure malaria can kill weeds too
Plant biologists at The University of Western Australia have revealed the relationship between plants and the parasite that causes malaria is close enough to mean many antimalarial drugs are effective herbicides.
Biochemistry
Apr 3, 2017
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Living fossil genome unveiled
Published today in the open-access journal GigaScience, is an article that presents the genome sequence of Ginkgo biloba, the oldest extant tree species. The research was carried out by a team of scientists at BGI, Zheijiang ...
Biotechnology
Nov 21, 2016
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