loading...| Preferred Name | Chloroplast | |
| Synonyms |
Chloroplast |
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| Definitions |
Photosynthetic organelle containing chlorophyll, the photosynthetic pigment, in cells of leaves and young stems of higher plants. Lens-shaped and rather variable in size but approximately 5 m long. Surrounded by a double membrane and contains circular DNA (though not enough to code for all proteins in the chloroplast). Like the mitochondrion, it is semi-autonomous. It resembles a cyanobacterium from which, on the endosymbiont hypothesis, it might be derived. Chlorophyll is associated with the membrane of vesicles (thylakoids) that are stacked to form grana. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13199 |
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| code |
C13199 |
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| DEFINITION |
Photosynthetic organelle containing chlorophyll, the photosynthetic pigment, in cells of leaves and young stems of higher plants. Lens-shaped and rather variable in size but approximately 5 m long. Surrounded by a double membrane and contains circular DNA (though not enough to code for all proteins in the chloroplast). Like the mitochondrion, it is semi-autonomous. It resembles a cyanobacterium from which, on the endosymbiont hypothesis, it might be derived. Chlorophyll is associated with the membrane of vesicles (thylakoids) that are stacked to form grana. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Chloroplast |
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| label |
Chloroplast |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Chloroplast |
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| Preferred_Name |
Chloroplast |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C13199 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Cell Component |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0008266 |
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| subClassOf |