New cell component important to tea and wine-making
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have discovered where plants build tannins, complex chemicals used by plants for defence and protection. The source is the tannosome, a newly discovered organelle that is found in most land plants. All living things are made from cells; whether they are single-celled organisms like amoeba, or enormous entities like giant redwoods (in which millions of cells make up the body of the organism).