Chloroplasts contain several important
membranes, vital for their function. Like
mitochondria,
chloroplasts have a double-membrane envelope, called the
chloroplast envelope.
Full article >>>ChloroplastsA typical
plant cell (e.g., in the palisade layer of a
leaf) might contain as many as 50
chloroplasts.
Full article >>>Circular
DNA found in the photosynthesizing
organelle (
chloroplast) of
plants instead of the
cell nucleus where most
genetic material is located.
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Full article >>>Chloroplasts are
organelles found in
plant cells and eukaryotic
algae which conduct
photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts are similar to
mitochondria but are found only in
plants.
Full article >>>Chloroplast DNA (ct
DNA)
The circular, superhelical double-
strand DNA of the
chloroplasts. The structure is two
inverted repeats separating one small single copy and one large single copy.
Full article >>>Chloroplast. In eukaryotic
organisms, the cellular
organelle in which
photosynthesis takes place ...
Full article >>>chloroplast -- A
chlorophyll-containing
plastid found in algal and green
plant cells.
chromosome -- Linear piece of eukaryotic
DNA, often bound by specialized
proteins known as
histones.
Full article >>>Chloroplast structure
The photograph below is an elodea
leaf X 400. Individual
cells are clearly visible. The tiny green structures within the
cells are
chloroplasts.
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Full article >>>Chloroplasts and
mitochondria still retain their own
DNA, and may have evolved several times.
Full article >>>chloroplast: an
organelle within green
plants in which
photosynthesis occurs.
chordates:
animals with rods along their backs, including reptiles, amphibians, birds, and
mammals.
Full article >>>chloroplast(klor-oh-plast) [Gk. chloros, green + plastos, formed]
An
organelle found only in
plants and photosynthetic
protists that absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of
organic
compounds from carbon dioxide and water.
Full article >>>chloroplast - specialized
organelle in green
algae and
plants that contains
chlorophyll and performs
photosynthesis ...
Full article >>>chloroplastA subcellular
organelle which contains
chlorophyll and
enzymes necessary to perform
photosynthesis. Has an inner and outer membrane, as well as a third membrane bound sac, the
thylakoid.
Full article >>>Chloroplast: A major component of a
plastidin green
plants and eukaryotic
algae of any colour. It is involved in
photosynthesis. Prokaryotic photosynthetic
organisms do not have
chloroplasts.
Full article >>>chloroplast A
plastid containing
chlorophyll and usually other
pigments, found in
cytoplasm of
plant cells.
Choana choane = funnel. Nasal passage.
choanocyte One of the flagellate collar
cells that line cavities and canals of sponges.
Full article >>>Chloroplasts and
mitochondria are
organelles within eukaryotic
cells (
cells of
organisms other than
bacteria, which do not have
organelles). These
organelles have their own
genetic material.
Full article >>>A
chloroplast prior to the development of
chlorophyll.
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Full article >>> Chloroplast a photosynthetic
organelle in
plant and
protista cells (chloro = green; plasti = formed molded) ...
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lumbar cells with
chloroplasts in the
mesophyll tissues of leaves, just below the
upper epidermisSource: Noland, George B. 1983. General
Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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Full article >>>chloroplasts Chlorophyll-containing photosynthetic
organelles in some eukaryotic
cells.
chromatin A filamentous complex of
DNA,
histones, and other
proteins, constituting the eukaryotic
chromosome.
Full article >>>Chlorophyll - the green material found in
chloroplasts that is active in
photosynthesis Chloroplasts - membrane-bound
organelles containing
chlorophyll that is found in photosynthetic
organisms ...
Full article >>>Cyanobacteria are close to the ancestors of
chloroplasts, but
cyanobacteria maintain fully functional respiratory and photosynthetic complexes in the same internal membrane system, the
thylakoids.
Full article >>>A mutant with a large
deletion in its
chloroplast DNA is unable to grow in the light. In the light, it can't make psa, a component of the photosynthetic machinery.
Full article >>>Mitochondrial DNA Mitochondria, and
chloroplasts in
plants, carry their own small
chromosomes, usually in multiple copies per
organelle. These carry a limited number of genes which
code for r
RNA, t
RNA and a few
organelle proteins.
Full article >>>Organelle: A subcellular structure having a specialized function for example the
mitochondrion, the
chloroplast, or the spindle apparatus.
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Full article >>>Eukarya acquired
mitochondrial and
chloroplast DNA from
Bacteria. Nuclear genes in
eukaryotes seem to be derived from
Bacteria as well, not just from Archaea. Genes are also shared between Archaea and
Bacteria.
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