Meaning of plastonema | Babel Free

Definitions

A filament the surrounds a plastosome (organelle).

Examples

“The shape of the plastonema and its relation to the plastosome appear clearly in figures 1, 2, and 3.”

“The plastid is composed of 2 structures, a filament or plastonema, partially surrounding a lighter staining plastosome.”

“The proplastid of I. howellii is a flattened structure that is differentiated into a plastonema and a plastosome. Lamellae and starch granules appear first in the plastonema and later in the plastosome.”

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