Channels in plant cell walls, called plasmodesmata, provide molecules with a bridge to move between cells, an essential ...

Specialised cell type Animal or plant cell? Function Features of cell that allow it to perform its function Beta cell (in pancreas) Animal Releases hormone insulin Uses its genetic instructions to ...

The Rb protein seems to function similarly in plants and animals to stop cell division and start differentiation in cells that leave the stem cell niche. Polycomb proteins are used to maintain a ...

The basic structure of most animal and plants cells is shown below. All cells are produced from other cells by the process of cell division. Cell division occurs when one cell divides to produce ...

Smaller genomes enable plants and animals to grow much more quickly ... is that the reduced amount of DNA needed for each cell division translates to a quicker replication process.

Plants are made up of very rigid ... microtubules—dynamic protein structures in the cell that help separate the genetic material during division—react to mechanical changes.