nonchloroplast

Adjective

nonchloroplast (not comparable)

1. Not found in or part of a chloroplast
   • The fatty acid composition of nonchloroplast lipids, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, was less affected by the absence of the chloroplast trienoic fatty acid synthetase gene (Table 1 ).2000 January 21, Yuuki Murakami et al., “Trienoic Fatty Acids and Plant Tolerance of High Temperature”, in Science, volume 287, number 5452, →DOI, pages 476–479
   • These taxa were selected because of availability of nonchloroplast nuclear protein sequences, permitting animal-based calibration.2001 August 10, Daniel S. Heckman et al., “Molecular Evidence for the Early Colonization of Land by Fungi and Plants”, in Science, volume 293, number 5532, →DOI, pages 1129–1133