| ID | 107012 |
| Property |
Size of chloroplast (lens-shaped organelle)
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| Organism |
Chloroplast
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| Range |
~5μm diameter: ~2.5μm width
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| Units |
μm
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| Reference |
Staehelin LA. Chloroplast structure: from chlorophyll granules to supra-molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes. Photosynth Res. 2003 76(1-3):185-96. p.186 right column bottom paragraph
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| Reference PubMed ID |
16228577
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| Comments |
The chloroplasts of higher plants are lens-shaped organelles
with a diameter of ∼5 μm and a width of
∼2.5μm.
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| Entered By |
Uri M
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| Date Added |
Nov 24, 2011 4:26 AM
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| Date Edited |
Nov 26, 2011 3:00 PM
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| Version |
2
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| Permalink |
http://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu//bionumber.aspx?id=107012&ver=2
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