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

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Thylakoids  

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Entry terms

  • Grana
  • Membranes, Thylakoid
  • Membrane, Thylakoid
  • Thylakoid Membrane
  • Thylakoid Membranes

Scope note

  • Membranous cisternae of the CHLOROPLAST containing photosynthetic pigments, reaction centers, and the electron-transport chain. Each thylakoid consists of a flattened sac of membrane enclosing a narrow intra-thylakoid space (Lackie and Dow, Dictionary of Cell Biology, 2nd ed). Individual thylakoids are interconnected and tend to stack to form aggregates called grana. They are found in cyanobacteria and all plants.

History note

  • 2000; for GRANA use CHLOROPLASTS 1979-1999

In other languages

  • tylakoidit

    Finnish

  • tylakoidi
  • tylakoidikalvo
  • tylakoidimembraani
  • Tylakoider

    Swedish

  • Grana
  • Tylakoidmembran

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020524

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