Electron microscopic image of a peculiar, non-photosynthetic plastid (IMAGE)

Eötvös Loránd University

Electron microscopic image of a peculiar, non-photosynthetic plastid

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Electron microscopic image of a peculiar, non-photosynthetic plastid - the so-called etioplast - present in the innermost Savoy cabbage leaf layers. Scale bar indicates: 1 micrometer. Red asterisk: special inner membrane system of the etioplast, the so-called prolamellar body.

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Image reproduced from the actual paper (Sági-Kazár et al. 2023, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1227811).

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