A suite of mechanisms or processes that together have been implicated in the acquisition
and maintenance of desiccation tolerance in orthodox seeds is discussed in the context of …

Background Nuclear genome size varies 300 000-fold, whereas transcriptome size varies
merely 17-fold. In the largest genomes nearly all DNA is non-genic secondary DNA, mostly …

The nuclear lamina forms a protein mesh that underlies the nuclear membrane. In most
mammalian cells it contains the intermediate filament proteins, lamins A, B and C. As their …

Genomes are housed within cell nuclei as individual chromosome territories. Nuclei contain
several architectural structures that interact and influence the genome. In this review, we …

Background The nuclear envelope not only serves as a physical barrier separating nuclear
content from the cytoplasm but also plays critical roles in modulating the three-dimensional …

Single-cell phase-contrast tomography promises to become decisive for studying 3D
intracellular structures in biology. It involves probing cells with light at wide angles, which …

Tip‐growing cells have a particular lifestyle that is characterized by the following features:(1)
the cells grow in one direction, forming a cylindrical tube;(2) tip‐growing cells are able to …

Desiccation-tolerant organisms, or life-cycle stages of particular taxa, occur among animals,
higher and lower plants, terrestrial micro-algae, lichens and bacteria. Recent investigations …

Long alpha-helical coiled-coil proteins are involved in a variety of organizational and
regulatory processes in eukaryotic cells. They provide cables and networks in the cyto-and …

The nuclear envelope (NE) is a fundamental structure of eukaryotic cells with a dual role: it
separates two distinct compartments, and enables communication between them via nuclear …