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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Plastids
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Plastids
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Plastids

Preferred term

Plastids  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Amyloplast
  • Amyloplasts
  • Chromoplast
  • Chromoplasts
  • Leukoplast
  • Leukoplasts

Scope note

  • Self-replicating cytoplasmic organelles of plant and algal cells that contain pigments and may synthesize and accumulate various substances. PLASTID GENOMES are used in phylogenetic studies.

History note

  • 94

In other languages

  • plastidit

    Finnish

  • kromoplasti
  • kromoplastit
  • plastidi
  • Plastider

    Swedish

  • Amyloplaster
  • Kromoplaster
  • Leukoplaster

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018087

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