chloroplastsDefinition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to: navigation, searchFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and other eukaryotic organisms that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts capture light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP and reduce NADP to NADPH through a complex set of processes called photosynthesis. The word chloroplast is derived from the Greek words chloros, which means green, and plast, which means form or entity. Chloroplasts are members of a class of organelles known as plastids. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  botit.botany.wisc.edu 383px x 480px | 28.90kB [source page] Click on the picture to zoom in on that part of the picture  botit.botany.wisc.edu 219px x 400px | 37.30kB [source page] Chloroplasts 1000x MC Photographer Michael Clayton Up one directory From Yahoo Image Search: "chloroplasts"  darwins-god.blogspot.com Cornelius Hunter Mon, 17 May 2010 19:05:00 GM In fact the slug comes pre equipped with the necessary equipment to synthesize its own chlorophyll, the machine that captures energy from sunlight and makes plants green, and run the captured . chloroplasts. . As one researcher put it, ...  labrat.fieldofscience.com Lab Rat Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:08:00 GM I was planning on brushing up my knowledge of . chloroplasts. today, as next week I'm starting a plantsci course for my options lectures, but I got sidetracked by Captain Skellet alerting me to Hatena. I've heard of several organisms ...  biotechcheck.com biotechcheck.com Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:39:57 GM The first application of organelle biotechnology was the application of cytoplasmic male sterility in hybrid seed production and this led to the. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Plant Organelles: . Chloroplasts. and Mitochondria ... From Google Blog Search: "chloroplasts"  sciencemag.org Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:47:18 GMT+00:00 Divide by Contraction of a Bundle of Nanofilaments Consisting of ... Securities Industry News (blog) (subscription) In chloroplast division, the plastid-dividing (PD) ring is a main structure of the PD machinery and is a universal structure in the plant kingdom. ...  helium.com Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:19:47 GMT+00:00 Helium The outermost layer of the cortex is called hypodermis which consists of colenchymatous cells and contains chloroplasts . Endodermis: It is the innermost ...  newscientist.com Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:55:44 GMT+00:00 New Scientist The Elysia chlorotica sea slug eats green algae and breaks them down to steal their chloroplasts and incorporate them into its own cells. ... From Google News Search: "chloroplasts" Biologists can keep isolated chloroplasts and mitochondria alive for hours can these be considered alive? Q. Here is the full question: ( I couldn't fit it up top.) Biologists have been able to keep isolated chloroplasts or mitochondria alive for a few hours or days. Can these structures be considered alive? Any help would be great! Asked by Cowgirl8 - Fri Nov 16 15:59:18 2007 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. They are quite fascinating. There is a theory that these organelles are prokaryotes (ancient bacteria) that were somehow captured by ancestral plant cells and continued to divide creating a symbiotic relationship with the cell. Each contains its own DNA and is capable of replicating on its own! So I guess you could argue that they are alive. I mean if you grant viruses you would have to include organelles, they display as much 'living' behavior. Answered by Lena - Sat Nov 17 07:01:02 2007 how much magnification does it take to see a chloroplasts? Q. How much magnification does it take to see a chloroplasts? yeahh thanks? Asked by Odette F - Mon Nov 17 21:11:23 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. You can see larger chloroplasts with low power magnification, about 100X. To see more details, you could observe the major features with 400X or even 1000X. But to see the grana and thylakoid membranes you would need an electron microscope with at least 10,000X magnification or higher. Answered by saffronesque - Mon Nov 17 21:25:17 2008 Why is it important that chloroplasts and mitochondria contain small amounts of DNA?
Q. Im doing a correspondance program and I cant find anything on google or in my textbooks/workbooks. Thanks! Asked by MILF87 - Tue Mar 4 12:31:50 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA and are self-replicating. They are believed to be derived from symbiotic bacteria. Answered by OKIM IM - Tue Mar 4 15:27:07 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "chloroplasts" |
