Width of light and dark bands in thylakoid membrane

Value 1 nm
Organism Chloroplast
Reference "Photosynthesis" McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th ed. 2007. Vol. 13 p. 469
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Comments The thylakoid membrane is the of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis with the photosynthetic pigments embedded directly in the membrane. It is an alternating pattern of dark and light bands measuring each 0.001 µm.
Entered by Uri M
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