Vacuoles usually account for changes in cell size when the cytoplasmic volume stays constant. Some vacuoles have specialized functions, and plant cells can have more than one type of vacuole.

Roots absorb water and mineral ions through root hair cells ... results in parts of the plant growing in a particular direction. Sample exam questions - plant structures and their functions ...

Cell structure Description Function Cell type Cell wall Freely permeable layer surrounding cell membrane. The cell wall of plant cells is made from cellulose. This gives them a rigid structure.

However, they still require proteins made from instructions in the cell nucleus to function ... chloroplasts are fundamental to plant productivity." Their work entailed sorting through and genetically ...

A team of scientists from BGI-Research at Southern University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province, and other ...