Definition of Plastids. Meaning of Plastids. Synonyms of Plastids

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Definition of Plastids

Plastid
Plastid Plas"tid, Plastide Plas"tide, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a creator.] 1. (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. --Haeckel. 2. (Bot.) One of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.

Meaning of Plastids from wikipedia

- pigments); leucoplasts (non-pigmented plastids some of which can differentiate); and apicoplasts (non-photosynthetic plastids of apicomplexa derived from secondary...
- molecules. Most plastids are photosynthetic, thus leading to color production and energy storage or production. There are many types of plastids in plants alone...
- similar features in their photosynthetic organelles (plastids). It includes all eukaryotes whose plastids contain chlorophyll c and are surrounded by four...
- back directly to a cyanobacterial ancestor, are known as primary plastids ("plastid" in this context means almost the same thing as chloroplast). All...
- related to plastids. Both cyanobacteria and alphaproteobacteria maintain a large (>6 Mb) genome encoding thousands of proteins. Plastids and mitochondria...
- the cytoplasm. Plants and various groups of algae have plastids as well as mitochondria. Plastids, like mitochondria, have their own DNA and are developed...
- Chromoplasts are plastids, heterogeneous organelles responsible for pigment synthesis and storage in specific photosynthetic eukaryotes. It is thought...
- The alga is eaten normally and partially digested, leaving the plastid intact. The plastids are maintained within the host, temporarily continuing photosynthesis...
- endosymbiosis events, acquiring plastids of red algal origin, while chlorarachniophyte rhizarians captured plastids from green algae, retaining vestigial...
- for carotenoid biosynthesis during chloroplast biogenesis. In developing plastids, its activity prevents the over-reduction of the plastoquinone pool. Knockout...