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

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

Scientists found molecular evidence supporting the idea that chloroplasts originated as energy-generating organelles and only later evolved to support carbon assimilation in plant cells.

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 ...

By focusing on an energy-transport molecule common to plastids, the researchers found evidence suggesting that the primary role of primitive chloroplasts may have been to produce chemical energy ...

Chloroplasts, the plant powerhouses, send signals to roots We don't know what it is, but it controls the expression of nuclear genes.

Hidden moss chloroplast 'wall' discovered Date: July 13, 2016 Source: Kumamoto University Summary: Researchers have succeeded in the world's first visualization of a peptidoglycan 'wall' present ...

Researchers in Japan and the U.K. have discovered new details of how young leaves build their first chloroplasts, the energy factories of plant cells. The researchers identified a new role for a ...

Scientists found molecular evidence supporting the idea that chloroplasts originated as energy-generating organelles and only later evolved to support carbon assimilation in plant cells.

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

Life as we know it wouldn’t be possible without chloroplasts — those tiny, bean-shaped structures inside plant and algae cells that harness the sun’s energy to turn water and carbon dioxide ...