Definition of Chromoplast. Meaning of Chromoplast. Synonyms of Chromoplast

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Definition of Chromoplast

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Chromoplastid
Chromoplastid Chro`mo*plas"tid, n. [Gr. ? + E. plastid.] (Bot.) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite.

Meaning of Chromoplast from wikipedia

- Chromoplasts are plastids, heterogeneous organelles responsible for pigment synthesis and storage in specific photosynthetic eukaryotes. It is thought...
- seeds. They are also called oleosomes. Plastid Chloroplast and etioplast Chromoplast Tannosome Leucoplast Amyloplast Elaioplast Proteinoplast Natesan SK,...
- pigments which helps in the tapping of light energy during photosynthesis. Chromoplasts contain fat-soluble carotenoid pigments like orange carotene and yellow...
- and differentiated into specialized organelles such as chloroplasts, chromoplasts, etioplasts, and leucoplasts, collectively known as plastids. Sericytochromatia...
- Endosymbiosis Mitochondrion Mitosome Hydrogenosome Plastid Chloroplast Chromoplast Gerontoplast Leucoplast Apicoplast Kappa organism Organs Bacteriome Trophosome...
- Endosymbiosis Mitochondrion Mitosome Hydrogenosome Plastid Chloroplast Chromoplast Gerontoplast Leucoplast Apicoplast Kappa organism Organs Bacteriome Trophosome...
- ultrastructural studies revealed greater diversity among the algae with chromoplasts (chlorophylls a and c) than had previously been recognized. At the same...
- yellow and red organic pigments that are found in the chloroplasts and chromoplasts of plants and some other photosynthetic organisms like algae, some bacteria...
- Examples of plastids include chloroplasts (used for photosynthesis); chromoplasts (used for synthesis and storage of pigments); leucoplasts (non-pigmented...
- fruit chloroplasts are remodelled during ripening into chlorophyll-free chromoplasts that synthesize and ac****ulate the carotenoids lycopene, β-carotene,...