Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes ... Like mitochondria, chloroplasts are surrounded by two membranes. The outer membrane is permeable to small organic molecules ...

More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

Ecologists whimsically decided to call the parts that make up a flower its whorls. The first whorl of a flower is known as the calyx, which is the plant’s green, leafy outer structure that ...

Cell membrane - a flexible outer layer that surrounds the ... and I work for a fruit and vegetable business. Plant cells have a rigid cell structure. They are made up of a cell wall, cell membrane ...

Specialized transporters in the outer chloroplast membrane ... chloroplast development and structure, said Yoon, who is also a member of the Purdue Center for Plant Biology.