Plastids is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Plastids meaning
plural of plastid
Using Plastids
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of plastid
- In the example corpus, plastids often appears in combinations such as: the plastids, other plastids, plastids and.
Context around Plastids
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Plastids
- In this selection, "plastids" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, multiple, single, retain, show, entirely and contain stand out and add context to how "plastids" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and other plastids can turn and as secondary plastids. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "plastids" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with plastids
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The structure and function of plastids. (6 words)
These chloroplasts are known as secondary plastids. (7 words)
In such a case, the plastids will not regenerate. (9 words)
A loss of these enzymes, for example a loss of the GWD, leads to a starch excess (sex) phenotype, citation and because starch cannot be phosphorylated, it accumulates in the plastids. (31 words)
While there are numerous examples of mitochondrial descendants ( mitosomes and hydrogenosomes ) that have lost their entire organellar genome, citation non-photosynthetic plastids tend to retain a small genome. (28 words)
If a plant is injured, or something else causes a plant cell to revert to a meristematic state, chloroplasts and other plastids can turn back into proplastids. (27 words)
Example sentences (17)
Consistent with this hypothesis, organisms with multiple plastids show an 80-fold increase in plastid to nucleus gene transfer compared to organisms with single plastids.
Some retain plastids, but not chloroplasts, while others have lost plastids entirely.
Many algae and plant species contain photosynthetic membrane-bound organelles called plastids that are actually remnants of a free-living cyanobacterium.
A loss of these enzymes, for example a loss of the GWD, leads to a starch excess (sex) phenotype, citation and because starch cannot be phosphorylated, it accumulates in the plastids.
Consequently, the chromosomes of many eukaryotes contain genes that originated from the genomes of mitochondria and plastids.
If a plant is injured, or something else causes a plant cell to revert to a meristematic state, chloroplasts and other plastids can turn back into proplastids.
In such a case, the plastids will not regenerate.
Most of them produce sperm cells that do not contain any plastids.
Other plastids contain storage products such as starch ( amyloplasts ) or lipids ( elaioplasts ).
Plastids and mitochondria exhibit a dramatic reduction in genome size when compared to their bacterial relatives.
Plastids do not develop, and the secretory apparatus (ER and Golgi) proliferates to secrete additional primary wall.
Plastids have DNA sequences that indicate origin from the cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
The gene for tRNA- formylmethionine (tRNA-fmet) is also encoded in the plastid genome and is required for translation initiation in both plastids and mitochondria.
These chloroplasts are known as secondary plastids.
The structure and function of plastids.
This method can be used on plants that are not susceptible to Agrobacterium infection and also allows transformation of plant plastids.
While there are numerous examples of mitochondrial descendants ( mitosomes and hydrogenosomes ) that have lost their entire organellar genome, citation non-photosynthetic plastids tend to retain a small genome.
Common combinations with plastids
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: