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Chloroplasts [1]

By: Guerrero, Anna Keywords: Organelles [2]

Chloroplasts are the organelles in plant and algal cells that conduct photosynthesis. A single chloroplast has an outer membrane and an inner membrane, with an intermembrane space in between. Within the inner membrane, interconnected stacks of thylakoids, called granum, float in a protein rich fluid called the stroma. These thylakoid stacks contain chlorophyll, a pigment which converts sunlight into usable energy for plants and free oxygen from water. The stacks are sites of light reactions within a plant cell.

Subject

Chloroplasts [3] Plastids [4] Chloroplast membranes [5] Thylakoids [6] Chlorophyll [7] Chloroplast pigments [8] Plants [9] Plant kingdom [10] Plant organelles [11] Plant cells and tissues [12] Cell organelles [13]

Topic

Theories [14] Processes [15]

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Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia.

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2017-02-06

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2017-02-06

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[3] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/chloroplasts
[4] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/plastids
[5] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/chloroplast-membranes
[6] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/thylakoids
[7] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/chlorophyll
[8] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/chloroplast-pigments
[9] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/plants
[10] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/plant-kingdom
[11] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/plant-organelles
[12] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/plant-cells-and-tissues
[13] https://embryo.asu.edu/library-congress-subject-headings/cell-organelles
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