chloroplast

Noun

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plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis

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350px In most, but not all cases, nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins are translated with a cleavable transit peptide that's added to the N-terminus of the protein precursor. Source: Internet

After passing through the TOC complex in the outer chloroplast membrane, polypeptides must pass through the TIC complex ( translocon on the inner chloroplast membrane) which is located in the inner chloroplast membrane. Source: Internet

Adapted from Krishnan NM, Rao BJ's paper "A comparative approach to elucidate chloroplast genome replication." Source: Internet

Also, eukaryotic cells seem to have experienced a transfer of some genetic material from their chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes to their nuclear chromosomes. Source: Internet

A dedication to pioneers of research on chloroplast structure. Source: Internet

Among angiosperms, paternal chloroplast inheritance is observed more often in hybrids than in offspring from parents of the same species. Source: Internet

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