* Plastids are present in very different groups of protists, some of which are closely related to forms lacking plastids.

Plastids are major organelles found in the cells of plants and algae.

Plastids are responsible for photosynthesis, storage of products like starch and for the synthesis of many classes of molecules such as fatty acids and terpenes which are needed as cellular building blocks and / or for the function of the plant.

Plastids are thought to have originated from endosymbiotic cyanobacteria.

Plastids are a specialized class of cellular organelles that carry their own genome and are believed to be descendants of cyanobacteria ( blue-green algae ) which formed a symbiotic relationship with the eukaryotic cell.

Plastids are an ancestor of a photosynthetic prokaryotic, cyanobacterium that integrated itself into a eukaryotic ancestor of algae, forming an endosymbiotic relationship.

Plastids have DNA sequences that indicate origin from the cyanobacteria ( blue-green algae ).

* Plastids, the most notable being the chloroplasts, which contain chlorophyll a green coloured pigment which is used for absorbing sunlight and is used by a plant to make its own food in the process is known as photosynthesis.

Plastids in algae and hornworts may also differ from plant plastids in that they contain pyrenoids.

Plastids may contain 60-100 genes whereas cyanobacteria often contain more than 1500 genes.

Plastids do not develop, and the secretory apparatus ( ER and Golgi ) proliferates to secrete additional primary wall.

Plastids often contain pigments used in photosynthesis, and the types of pigments present can change or determine the cell's color.

Plastids also possess their own small genome and some have the ability to produce their own proteins.

Plastids and mitochondria need to be spatially close as some metabolic pathways like photorespiration require the association of both organelles to recycle glycolate and detoxify the ammonium produced during photorespiration.

Business loans generally are repayable in regular installments -- usually monthly, including interest at the rate of 5-1/2 percent per annum on the unpaid balance -- and have a maximum maturity of 10 years ; ;

Taxation of tangible movable property in Rhode Island has been generally of a `` hands off '' nature due possibly to several reasons: ( 1 ) local assessors, in the main, are not well paid and have inadequate office staffs, ( 2 ) the numerous categories of this component of personal property make locating extremely difficult, and ( 3 ) the inexperience of the majority of assessors in evaluating this type of property.

With respect to other frequencies, these are designated as regional or local, and assigned for use by class 3, and class 4, stations, respectively, stations operating generally with lower power.

The basic costs are generally pretty much the same regardless of the agency through which you reserve your car, but some of them offer supplementary advantages.

The civil services in such societies are generally inadequate to deal competently with the problems facing them ; ;

In small-town people are very friendly dominant stress will generally be on the complement very friendly ; ;

The great majority of present-day linguists fall into one or more of a number of overlapping types: those who are convinced that tone cannot be analysed, those who are personally scared of tone and tone languages generally, those who are convinced that tone is merely an unnecessary marginal feature in those languages where it occurs, those who have no idea how to proceed with tone analysis, those who take a simplistic view of the whole matter.

The bulk of the preparation had, of course, proceeded under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior, whose officials are barred from party activity and probably generally disinterested in party politics.

In general, it appears that trustees and board members attempt to represent the public interest in their administration of educational policy, and this is made easier by the fact that the dominant values of the society are middle-class values, which are generally thought to be valid for the entire society.

The grand jury commented on a number of other topics, among them the Atlanta and Fulton County purchasing departments which it said `` are well operated and follow generally accepted practices which inure to the best interest of both governments ''.

While availability of mortgage money has been a factor in encouraging apartment construction, the generally high level of prosperity in the past few years plus rising consumer income are among the factors that have encouraged builders to concentrate in the apartment-building field.

The reason, says the Housing Center, is that the builders invited to the intentions conference `` are generally among the more successful businessmen, and usually do somewhat better than their fellow builders ''.

The terms are generally taken for granted as though they referred to direct and axiomatic elements in the common experience of all.

But Mr. Bragg is a remarkably gifted conductor, and the results he has produced with his boys are generally superior.

The ballads are sweet and sad, and the music generally competent.

The reasons are that America generally believes that she can buy anything with dollars, and that she compulsively strives to be liked.

The works that have survived are in treatise form and were not, for the most part, intended for widespread publication, as they are generally thought to be lecture aids for his students.

E. B. Tylor ( 2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917 ) and James George Frazer ( 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941 ) are generally considered the antecedents to modern social anthropology in Britain.

Modern discussions of alchemy are generally split into an examination of its exoteric practical applications, and its esoteric aspects.

In practice, the estimates of treatment-effects from observational studies generally are often inconsistent.

... review, on the other hand, provide an independent and civil inquiry into the validity of a conviction and sentence, and as such are generally limited to challenges to constitutional, jurisdictional, or other fundamental violations that occurred at trial.

`` the matters to be considered are obviously of a grave character, and I therefore respectfully request that the hearing be postponed for two weeks in order that I might make adequate preparation ''.

After allowing for group exposures, it is apparent that other factors must be considered if we are to comprehend fanaticism.

Orange and lemon are considered important as are such pastels as blue and lilac.

Two cities to be considered, Providence and Cranston, are an enigma.

But there are other contentions which might be considered more difficult.

These strengths are considered adequate to meet the essential roles and missions of the reserves in support of our national security objectives.

These men are considered managers of engineers.

To some extent the system can be considered a Gemeinschaft in which `` social-role occupancies are determined by birth, by attributes such as sex or caste, which are biologically or socially immutable ''.

They are still considered to be for use in restricted waters, however, and targets must come within a few yards of them.

Such cases are not considered here.

The input light distributions considered are P-11 and P-20 phosphor emission and the so-called `` night light '' ( N.L. ) as given by H.W. Babcock and J. J. Johnson.

When the frequency response characteristics of practical components are considered, their effect on stability does not present the most serious limit on the system loop gain.

These are substantially the same factors considered by Non-Catholics in family planning.

What determines the morality, they state, is not the means used, but the motive In general, the means ( excluding abortion ) that prove most effective are considered the most ethical.

It seems to be indispensable to the national self-esteem that the Negro be considered either as a kind of ward ( in which case we are told how many Negroes, comparatively, bought Cadillacs last year and how few, comparatively, were lynched ), or as a victim ( in which case we are promised that he will never vote in our assemblies or go to school with our kids ).

It is simply that in Taoist tradition -- as in all good mysticisms -- books, words, or any other manifestations that belong to the normal state of consciousness are considered only the surface of experience.

about 30 per cent call themselves Christians in order to keep up appearances and be considered respectable, and only the last 10 per cent are genuine Christians and believers in democracy.

`` Of course ( George's letter continued ), there are practical problems to be considered.

Phylogenetic analyses place these genera into the following groups ( not all of these are considered amoeboid ( or " amoebas ") by all sources ):

ASCII includes definitions for 128 characters: 33 are non-printing control characters ( many now obsolete ) that affect how text and space is processed and 95 printable characters, including the space ( which is considered an invisible graphic ).

All modern amphibians are included in the subclass Lissamphibia, superorder Salientia, which is usually considered a clade, a group of species that have evolved from a common ancestor.