But filopodia can also wreak havoc: metastatic cancer cells use them to invade new regions of the body. Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength.

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce plant molecules ... CLA -- thanks to the microbial cell factory -- allowed the team to uncover its precise structure for the first time.

A team of researchers co-led by the University of California San Diego has developed a method to produce a special class of plant hormones ... its exact structure and why it might be important were ...

Plant cells gain immune capabilities when it's time to fight disease Scientists discovered that plant cells enter a rare immune state to fight pathogens and sound threat alarms throughout the ...

Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, ...

Plant Biology majors spend time in the lab and in the field ... They work in labs exploring algae in acid mine drainage, barcoding medicinal plants in Pakistan, or unlocking the secrets of cell walls.