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Record 1 2010-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Molecular Biology
DEF

A spherical microbody, found in some plant cells, which derives from the endoplasmic reticulum and is a site for lipid storage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Biologie moléculaire
CONT

Dans le germe et la couche à aleurone, [les lipides de blé] sont rassemblés au sein de corpuscules lipidiques, ou sphérosomes, et sont principalement constitués de triglycérides entourés d'une couche monomoléculaire de lipides polaires (phospholipides et glycolipides) et de protéines.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Biología molecular
DEF

Estructuras simples, esféricas, rodeadas de una membrana, que se encuentran en el citoplasma de las células vegetales, muchas de las cuales contienen fundamentalmente lípidos y que aparentemente son centros de síntesis y almacén de lípidos.

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