Elaioplast

Elaioplast
The differentiation of Elaioplasts

Elaioplasts are a type of leucoplast that is specialized for the storage of lipids in plants. Elaioplasts house oil body deposits as rounded plastoglobuli, which are essentially fat droplets.

Being a variety of leucoplast, elaioplasts are non-pigmented and fall into the much broader organelle category of plant plastids. A different example of a storage-specialized leucoplast is the amyloplast.

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  • elaioplast — elaioplast. См. элайопласт. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Elaioplast — Ein Elaioplast ist ein farbloser Plastid (Leukoplast) der sich zur Speicherung von Lipiden in Form von Lipidtröpfchen (Fetttröpfchen) / Plastoglobuli aus einem Proplastiden differenziert hat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • elaioplast — Unpigmented type of plastid modified as an oil storage organelle …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • elaioplast — noun A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of lipids …   Wiktionary

  • Elaioplast — Elaioplạst   [zu griechisch élaion »Öl« und plastós »geformt«] der, en/ en, Eläoplạst, Fett oder Öl speichernde Form der Leukoplasten; farblose Plastiden in nicht photosynthetisch aktiven Geweben, v. a. bei Lebermoosen und einkeimblättrigen… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Elaioplast — Elai|o|plast vgl. ↑Eläoplast …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • elaioplast — elai·o·plast …   English syllables

  • elaioplast — ə̇ˈlīəˌplast, lāə noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary elaio + plast; originally formed as German eläoplast : a leucoplast that secretes oil …   Useful english dictionary

  • элайопласт — elaioplast элайопласт. Пластида <plastid>, содержащая капельки масла. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Leucoplast — Leucoplasts are a category of plastid and as such are organelles found in plant cells. They are non pigmented, in contrast to other plastids such as the chloroplast.Lacking pigments, leucoplasts are not green, so they are predictably located in… …   Wikipedia

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