A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid ...

It might look like something you'd find in an alien salad, but this bizarre sea slug can actually steal body parts from other ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential structures responsible for the photosynthesis that sustains life on Earth by ...

Thylakoid membranes (green) are organized into stacks of appressed thylakoids (grana) and individual thylakoids connecting the grana (stromal lamellae). Note the intact chloroplast envelope (blue) and ...

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within chloroplasts, shedding light on a key event in the evolution of plant life. Led ...

Endosymbiosis, the process by which one organism engulfed another and integrated its DNA and functions into itself rather ...

Chloroplasts' ancient origins: Organelles may have emerged as energy producers before switching to carbon assimilation by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Editors' notes ...

According to Nevo, this was found by examining the chloroplast membranes under a cryo-scanning electron microscope and comparing the alignment of proteins in the membranes under light and darkness ...

The plasma membrane regulates entry of atoms and molecules into plant cells. The specific amphipathic nature of the plasma membrane with a thick hydrophobic layer in the middle and thin outer ...

But he kept noticing the unique additional membrane around their chloroplasts. He learned that the extra membrane was widely regarded by researchers as a remnant of an ancient, failed act of ...

Chloroplast This double-membraned plant organelle in is similar in some ways to the mitochondria of animal cells. The outer membrane of the chloroplast is freely permeable to small molecules via ...