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WHEN IS A CHROMOPLAST?
Author(s) -
WHATLEY J. M.,
WHATLEY F. R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1987.tb00167.x
Subject(s) - chromoplast , carotenoid , plastid , petal , organelle , biology , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , chloroplast , gene
S ummary Chromoplasts are heterogeneous organelles and their carotenoids can be associated with several different structural elements including globules, tubules and membranes. In the flower petals of some species, carotenoids are absent or present only in trace amounts. Nevertheless, the plastids in such flowers can closely resemble or even be indistinguishable in structure from chromoplasts.