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Membranous cisternae of the CHLOROPLAST containing photosynthetic pigments, reaction centers, and the electron-transport chain. Each thylakoid consists of a flattened sac of membrane enclosing a narrow intra-thylakoid space (Lackie and Dow, Dictionary of Cell Biology, 2nd ed). Individual thylakoids are interconnected and tend to stack to form aggregates called grana. They are found in cyanobacteria and all plants.
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- Thylakoid
- Grana
- Thylakoid Membrane
- Membrane, Thylakoid
- Membranes, Thylakoid
- Thylakoid Membranes
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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2000; for GRANA use CHLOROPLASTS 1979-1999
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- Chloroplasts (1969-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Thylakoids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020524. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020524
- Thylakoids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylakoid
- Thylakoids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337889