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GRANA [1 record]

Record 1 2000-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

[Said of a] multilayered membrane unit formed by stacks of the lobes or branches of a chloroplast thylakoid.

CONT

With the exception of some specialized membranes, such as the grana membranes in chloroplasts, ... no indications of a regular structure in the plane of the protein layers have been found.

CONT

... grana regions are highly coloured; ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Relatif à un granum.

DEF

granum: Empilement de thylakoides observables à l'intérieur d'un chloroplaste.

CONT

On a d'abord pensé qu'il y avait autant de membranes intergranaires que de membranes granaires [...]

CONT

Les cellules nourricières dégénèrent très rapidement après l'élaboration des parois de la spore (le cytoplasme s'éclaircit, les plastes perdent leur structure granaire, etc.)

Spanish

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