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Amyloplasts are a type of plastid, double-enveloped
organelles in
plant cells that are
involved in
various biological pathways.
Amyloplasts are specifically...
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specialized for bulk
storage of starch,
lipid or
protein and are then
known as
amyloplasts, elaioplasts, or
proteinoplasts (also
called aleuroplasts) respectively...
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forming a
complete waterproof layer. Some
plants have a
large number of
amyloplasts (starch
containing organelles) in
their endodermal cells, in
which case...
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continues to
guide growth and
development along with phototropism.
While amyloplasts continue to
guide plants in the
right direction,
plant organs and function...
- chloroplasts.
Other plastids contain storage products such as
starch (
amyloplasts) or
lipids (elaioplasts). Uniquely,
streptophyte cells and
those of the...
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Microscopic view:
potato starch (
amyloplasts) in
plant cell...
- chloroplasts, and are much more
common in
other plastids like
chromoplasts and
amyloplasts in
petals and roots, respectively. They may
exist to
increase the chloroplast's...
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differentiate into even more
specialized plastids, such as: the aleuroplasts;
Amyloplasts:
storing starch and
detecting gravity—for
maintaining geotropism. Elaioplasts:...
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electron microscopes.
Other subtypes of
Leucoplasts include amyloplast, and elaioplasts.
Amyloplasts help to
store and
synthesize starch molecules found in...
- starch,
which is
packed into
semicrystalline granules called starch or
amyloplasts.
Toward the end of the
growing season,
starch ac****ulates in
twigs of...
