A mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. which lacks leaf starch was isolated by screening for plants which did not stain with iodine. The starchless phenotype, confirmed by quantitative enzymic ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The roots of young plants of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. grown under simulated tidal conditions were harvested so as to obtain the entire ...

Physicists from Switzerland, Japan and Germany have unveiled the mechanism by which the first event of respiration takes place in heme proteins. Respiration is a fundamental process of all living ...

Many diseases derive from problems with cellular respiration, the process through which cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers have now discovered a new function for a protein in the ...

Respiration is the cellular process of releasing energy from food and storing it as ATP. Check your knowledge of respiration as part of your National 5 Biology revision.

A team of researchers from Duke University have grown human skeletal muscles in the laboratory -- muscles that actually function and react to stimuli like their real counterparts. In order to do so, ...

In 1902 the U.S. Cavalry recommended that a horse never carry more than 20 percent of its weight into battle. Current studies confirm that the percentage puts the least strain on the animal's heart, ...