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extrachloroplast en · ADJ

Etymology

From extra- + chloroplast.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That exists outside of a chloroplast
    • FAD2 and FAD3 are located inER and primarily affect desaturation of the extrachloroplast lipids, whereas the others (FAB2, FAD4, FAD5, FAD6, FAD7, and FAD8) are located in the plastids and affect plastid lipid desaturation [3 ]. 2016 March 4, “Characterization of the Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes in Cucumber: Structure, Phylogeny, and Expression Patterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: