Chloroplast > Related Articles

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A collection of links to articles, or potential articles about the biochemical, cellular and physiological topics relating to chloroplasts.
Tasks include:
1) write a definition for each topic.
2) start a new article (click a red link).
3) expand an existing stub or article.

Parent topics

• Cell [r]: The basic unit of life, consisting of biochemical networks enclosed by a membrane. [e]
• Cell biology [r]: The study of the components of cells and their interactions. [e]
• Leaf [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Metabolism [r]: The modification of chemical substances by living organisms. [e]
• Organelle [r]: Specialized subunit within a cell that has a specific function, and is usually separately enclosed within its own lipid membrane, found in all eukaryotic cells. [e]
• Plastid [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Stroma [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Thylakoid [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Magnesium [r]: The metallic element that has atomic number 12 and belongs to alkaline earth metal group. [e]

• Photosynthesis [r]: Scientific term for the conversion of sunlight into energy by plants [e]
• Light reactions [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Photophosphorylation [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Chemiosmosis [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Electron transport chain [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Photosystem [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Light-independent reactions [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Calvin cycle [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • C4 carbon fixation [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Crassulacean acid metabolism [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Photorespiration [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • RuBisCO [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Bioenergetics [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cytoplasmic streaming [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Glyoxysome [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gravitropism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mitochondrion [r]: Structure, function, life cycle and evolutionary theories involving the origins and role of the mitochondrion. [e]
• Oxidative phosphorylation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Palisade cell [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Protein targeting [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ribosome [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Signal peptide [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Algae [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cyanobacteria [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Prokaryote [r]: Single celled organism with no membrane-bound organelles. [e]
• Symbiogenesis [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Endosymbiotic theory [r]: Theory on the origins of mitochondria and plastids (e.g. chloroplasts), which are organelles of eukaryotic cells. [e]
• Extrachromosomal DNA [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Horizontal gene transfer [r]: Transfer of genetic material to a being other than one of the donor's offspring. [e]
• Non-Mendelian inheritance [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Amyloplast [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chromoplast [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Etioplast [r]: Add brief definition or description
• FtsZ [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Leucoplast [r]: Add brief definition or description