NOUN
- any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein
How To Use plastid In A Sentence
- Most of the traditionally recognized subgenera of Anchusa are also supported as monophyletic groups by both nuclear and plastid sequence data.
- Nay, surely even Professor Virchow's "dearest foes," the "plastidule soul" and "Carbon & Co.," have more to say for themselves, than the linguistic accomplishments of Balaam's ass and the obedience of the sun and moon to the commander of a horde of bloodthirsty Hebrews! Freie wissenschaft und freie lehr. English
- Affected leaf tissue is white and the plastids lack thylakoids and chlorophyll.
- Hints for this comes from a recent publication showing that 15 genes that are limited to the plastid genome in all other eukaryotic phototrophs are nucleus encoded in a peridinin-containing dinoflagellate.
- Later, a similar topology was also found for other plastidic transporters, for example, the adenylate translocator and the hexose translocator.
- All plastidules possess memory; and Memory which we see in its ultimate analysis is identical with reproduction, is the distinguishing feature of the plastidule; is that which it alone of all molecules possesses, in addition to the ordinary properties of the physicist's molecule; is, in fact, that which distinguishes it as vital. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin
- The thickening of the outer PD ring during constriction suggests that this may provide the driving force necessary for central plastid constriction.
- Sulphate reduction is initiated and carried out by the enzyme APS reductase in leaf and root plastids.
- In general, stromules are more abundant in tissues containing non-green plastids, and in cells containing smaller plastids.
- These biochemical studies were instrumental for understanding the metabolite flux between plastid and cytosol.