PULLMAN — Washington State University and Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc., have entered a commercial licensing agreement covering patent rights and biological materials for
use of plant cell cultures in the production of paclitaxel and other valuable taxane products used in cancer treatments.
Diana Plant Sciences will explore
the use of plant cell technology to produce sustainable food ingredients.
Not exact matches
Beyond
using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing
plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel
of choice for the growing number
of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal
of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel -
cell cars) on the road by 2020.
Cell fusion technology is used to hybridize plants by removing cell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their conte
Cell fusion technology is
used to hybridize
plants by removing
cell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their conte
cell walls from two
cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their contents.
Alternative protein sources may include the
use of by - products currently viewed as waste or the development
of new protein sources from
plants, lower order animals, or single -
cell organisms with a lower environmental impact compared with typical animal - based protein sources.
Plants use two different transport systems, both
of which are rows
of cells which form tubes around the
plant..
Syringae
uses ice crystals to rip open the
cells of plants that are not frost tolerant, so it can devour their nutrients.
High in the Cederberg Mountains
of South Africa grows a bristly shrub that embodies the tug -
of - war taking place between industrialized and developing nations over the value
of genetic resources — the genes found in
plant, animal or microbial
cells used for research as well as in commercial products, such as enhanced seeds and naturally derived cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
Research led by Sandia National Laboratories and the University
of California, Merced aim at bringing down the cost
of hydrogen fuel
cells by
using a dirt - cheap compound to create an uneven surface that resembles a
plant's leaves.
Plants grown from these
cells make abnormal versions
of messenger RNA, the molecule
used to make the proteins.
Cells in most animals and
plants use short - interfering RNA (siRNA) segments to inhibit the formation
of viral proteins; here siRNA designed to target IAPV would be fed to colonies as part
of double - stranded RNA mixed into a syrup.
Using next - generation sequencing technologies that were previously unavailable, Michael Gardner, a graduate research assistant, and Jianying Wang, a senior research associate in Mitchum's lab, made a remarkable new discovery — nematodes possess the ability to produce a second type
of peptide that can effectively «take over»
plant stem
cells that are
used to create vital pathways for the delivery
of nutrients throughout the
plant.
To test their theory, Xiaoli Guo, a post-doctoral researcher in Mitchum's lab and first author
of the study, synthesized the CLE - B nematode peptide and applied it to the vascular
cells of Arabidopsis, a model
plant system
used in
plant research.
A team at the University
of Missouri Bond Life Sciences Center collaborated with scientists at the University
of Bonn in Germany to discover genetic evidence that the parasite
uses its own version
of a key
plant hormone and that
of the
plants to make root
cells vulnerable to feeding.
The Grieneisen lab
uses the reference
plant Arabidopsis and computer models to focus on the misshapen misfits called pavement
cells that make up the surface
of plant leaves.
«I thought about electricity because you can optimise the magnitude and exposure time
of the current,» says Cuello, adding that the current he and colleagues
used wouldn't be enough to electrocute a human and doesn't burn the
plant's
cells.
«Being in the Mix Lab (special labs that have researchers from different disciplines mixed together) at ITbM, I was able to talk to an organic chemist, Masakazu Nambo, who suggested the
use of triarylmethane compounds for
cell division inhibition in
plant cells,» she continues.
To show their program's promise beyond
plant roots, the researchers also
used it with a different microscope to watch groups
of cells move around in growing zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.
«Our palladium - catalyzed sequential arylation reaction has been highly useful to rapidly synthesize a variety
of triarylmethanes to be
used for testing their effect on the
cell division in
plants,» says Nambo.
A study developed by researchers
of the Institute for
Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP), a joint center of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in collaboration with the Unit for Plant Genomics Research of Evry, France (URGV, in French) has discovered a new way of improving the longevity of plant seeds using genetic enginee
Plant Molecular and
Cell Biology (IBMCP), a joint center
of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in collaboration with the Unit for
Plant Genomics Research of Evry, France (URGV, in French) has discovered a new way of improving the longevity of plant seeds using genetic enginee
Plant Genomics Research
of Evry, France (URGV, in French) has discovered a new way
of improving the longevity
of plant seeds using genetic enginee
plant seeds
using genetic engineering.
Following cultivation
of Arabidopsis seedlings on a culture medium containing a high concentration
of cesium carbonate, Cesium Green was applied to the seedlings, and the resulting green fluorescence observed was
used to confirm the presence
of cesium within the
plants»
cells.
The patented technique
uses microscopic crystals
of silicon carbide to punch holes in
plant cells so that foreign DNA can enter.
«We make a science - based risk assessment [
of a product], and if it's safe we
use it and if it's unsafe, we don't,» Stefan Jansson, a professor
of plant cell and molecular biology at Umeå University's Plant Science Centre in Sweden, told ScienceInsider when ENVI approved its draft last m
plant cell and molecular biology at Umeå University's
Plant Science Centre in Sweden, told ScienceInsider when ENVI approved its draft last m
Plant Science Centre in Sweden, told ScienceInsider when ENVI approved its draft last month.
Using high - performance computing and genetic engineering to boost the photosynthetic efficiency
of plants offers the best hope
of increasing crop yields enough to feed a planet expected to have 9.5 billion people on it by 2050, researchers report in the journal
Cell.
Using ACME, the authors demonstrated that
cells in the stems
of seedlings exhibit a gradient
of mechanical properties in the presence
of the
plant growth hormone gibberellic acid.
Plant molecular biologists Fumiyuki Goto, Toshihiro Yoshihara, and their colleagues first isolated the ferritin gene from soybean sprouts, and then
used a soil bacterium to transfer the gene into the DNA
of rice
cells.
Instead
of permanently deleting the Plk4 gene from the
cells, they
used a trick from
plant biology to toggle its presence in the
cells — one that had never before been applied to an animal
cell's proteins.
ASPB further grants to authors the permission to make digital or hard copies
of part or all
of a work published in
Plant Physiology ® or The
Plant Cell without fee for personal or classroom
use.
The
cells of slime moulds, however, are more like animal
cells in that their walls are less defined than
plants; yet they also reproduce
using spores, like
plants.
«The reason why this has been difficult was because there was not an efficient method to visualize the dynamics
of cell division
using the living zygote hiding deep inside the
plants,» she continues.
Martonvásár Development
of new generic
plant genotypes to satisfy the needs
of the future, based on an internationally acknowledged
plant gene pool, and
using up - to - date genetic, physiological,
cell and reproduction biological, functional genomic, biotechnological,
plant breeding and crop production methods.
Not only are modern
plant biotechnologists aware
of the complicated interactions between genes and
cell regulatory circuits, they are actively dissecting them and
using them to develop more water efficient crops (Mentzen and Wurtele 2008, Oh and others (2005).
Several successful
plant cell wall mutant screens have been described over the years that make
use of different screening methodologies.
The production and characterization
of recombinant proteins
using a large panel
of different expression systems, including microbial systems, eukaryotic
cells, as well as
plants and
plant suspension
cells, is one
of the IMEs main areas
of expertise.
Using the humble spinach leaf, the team successfully cultured beating human heart
cells onto a leaf that's been stripped
of its own
plant cells.
Several more researchers presented their work during the day, including protein synthesis at atomic resolution, bio-imaging opportunities at synchrotrons, multi-dimensional imaging during
plant cell differentiation, how to
use electron cryomicroscopy for in situ structural biology, and how structured illumination microscopy can offer insights into the regulation
of mammalian meiosis.
A new design
of algae - powered fuel
cells that is five times more efficient than existing
plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more cost - effective to produce and practical to
use, has been developed by researchers at the University
of Cambridge.
Continued research may allow HPFM to be
used as a probe so, for instance, it would be possible to study the effect
of new treatments being developed to save
plants such as citrus trees from bacterial diseases rapidly decimating the citrus industry, or study fundamental photonically - induced processes in complex systems such as in solar
cell materials or opto - electronic devices.
Published in The
Plant Cell, the research identifies three members of the SWEET family of sugar - transport proteins that are used to deliver the sugars that are produced in the plant's leaves to the embryonic plant inside of a
Plant Cell, the research identifies three members
of the SWEET family
of sugar - transport proteins that are
used to deliver the sugars that are produced in the
plant's leaves to the embryonic plant inside of a
plant's leaves to the embryonic
plant inside of a
plant inside
of a seed.
In the second line
of defense, the
plant uses defense proteins inside the
cell to detect the bacterial effectors and sound the alarm.
«As Program Director
of Virology, he and his coworkers were at the forefront
of new and fascinating studies
using the electron microscope to detect and characterize viruses and phytoplasmas in
cells of diseased
plants and insect vectors.»
Together with our foreign partner, Ralph Hückelhoven (Technical University
of Munich), we also hypothesize that compatible fungal pathogens
use the
plant cell polarity machinery to enter into
plant cells.
Using a mutant version
of green fluorescent protein and chromatin modifying agents, recently, in collaboration with Prof. Dénes Dudits (Institute
of Plant Biology, BRC, HAS, Szeged), we have achieved significantly increased frequency
of TNE on cultured maize
cells.
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Prior research had developed a number
of new compounds making
use of a novel drug discovery paradigm which begins with natural products extracted from
plants; it then entails selecting synthetic derivatives which demonstrate efficacy in multiple assays testing protection against different factors
of the nerve
cell damage and death which take place in brain injuries and in age - associated neurodegenerative conditions.
They have revealed that the
plant - derived bioflavonoid quercetin, which is made
use of by many people as a nutritional supplement, reduces the production
of the hepatitis C virus without any
cell toxicity.
This remarkable beauty recipe from Life In Blush makes
use of chlorella, a single -
celled aquatic
plant overloaded with antioxidants and amino acids.
Well, four
of the big
plants that make corn syrup
use mercury -
cell technology in the production
of caustic soda, an ingredient
used in the corn conversion process.
Our writer investigates the benefits
of using skin care products that contain
plant - derived stem
cells — and non-embryonic human
cells extracted from consenting egg donors (seriously).
There are 42 slides covering animal and
plant cells, how to
use a microscope, specialised
cells,
cell division
of animal
cells, pollination and fertilisation
of plant cells.