A time-lapse video showing Arabidopsis cells generate cellulose fibrils. Credit: Lee Lab/Rutgers University "This work is the first direct visualization of how cellulose synthesizes and self ...

Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls Date: March 21, 2025 Source: Rutgers University Summary: In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a ...

However, they still require proteins made from instructions in the cell nucleus ... development and structure, said Yoon, who is also a member of the Purdue Center for Plant Biology.

bioengineers and plant biologists capture first live images In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose – a major constituent of all plant cell walls – a team of Rutgers University-New ...

which regulates cytoskeletal networks to induce localized cell expansion. In contrast, organ development necessitates the polar transport of the plant hormone auxin, coupled with auxin’s role in ...

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Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have developed 'tomoseqr' -- a new software tool that enables easy estimation of the three-dimensional (3D) spatial distribution of gene expression. Tomoseqr is free ...

Growth-derived mechanical conflicts between tissues are crucial during plant organogenesis ... modelling reveal that rapid and localized cell growth in the inner tissue drives the formation ...

Welcome to Purdue’s home for basic plant biology! The CPB community connects faculty, staff, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the plant sciences across different departments and ...

CMVs are membrane particles secreted or prepared from almost all living cells, characterized by a phospholipid bilayer membrane structure. Based on their origin ... such as serving as substitutes for ...