Animal and plant cells have different energy-producing structures inside them. For animals, that’s mitochondria , which convert chemical energy from food into a form that our cells can use.

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE biology students studying plant cells, animal cells, microscopes, eukaryotes and prokaryotes. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - we've ...

For example, plants need boron, which is taken into the cells by molecules known as the boric acid channel. But how do the proteins that form the channel make it to the plasma membrane?

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The Würzburg plant scientists were right: when they inhibited calcium storage in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, the calcium ... signal is related to the biology of the enzymes that ...