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The Lipid Composition of Euglena gracilis Middle Plastid Membrane Resembles That of Primary Plastid Envelopes.
Plant physiology - 1 Dec 2020
Tomečková Lucia, Tomčala Aleš, Oborník Miroslav, Hampl Vladimír
Abstract excerpt
Euglena gracilis is a photosynthetic flagellate possessing chlorophyte-derived secondary plastids that are enclosed by only three enveloping membranes, unlike most secondary plastids, which are surrounded by four membranes. It has generally been assumed that the two innermost E. gracilis plastid envelopes originated from the primary plastid, while the outermost is of eukaryotic origin. It was suggested that...
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