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mitoplasts

mitoplasts is the plural of mitoplast.

Meaning of mitoplast

Noun

mitoplast (plural mitoplasts)

  1. A mitochondrion that has been stripped of its outer membrane, leaving the inner membrane intact.
    • Successive divisions of this band, which is called the "mitoplast," give rise to several chloroplasts.1920, P.-A. Dangeart, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci., volume 170, abstract, page 301

Questions about mitoplasts

What is mitoplasts the plural of?
Mitoplasts is the plural of mitoplast.

Words near mitoplasts in the dictionary

  1. mitophylogenomic
  2. mitophylogenomics
  3. mitophysiological
  4. mitophysiology
  5. mitoplast
  6. mitoplasts
  7. mitoprotective
  8. mitoproteome
  9. mitoproteomes
  10. mitoquidone
  11. mitoquinol

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