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MeSH Heading: Plastids
Tree Number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.875.700
Unique ID: D018087
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018087
Scope Note: Self-replicating cytoplasmic organelles of plant and algal cells that contain pigments and may synthesize and accumulate various substances. PLASTID GENOMES are used in phylogenetic studies.
Entry Term(s): Amyloplasts; Chromoplasts; Leucoplasts; Leukoplasts
Previous Indexing: Base Sequence (1987-1993); Chloroplasts (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/03
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

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