plastid
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A plastid is a type of structure found inside plant cells that plays a crucial role in storing and processing important materials like starches and pigments. Chloroplasts, which are the green structures you can see in plant cells, are a special kind of plastid that captures sunlight to create food energy for the plant.
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- In land plants
- Chloroplasts, proplastids, and differentiation
- Plastomes and Chloroplast DNA/ RNA; plastid DNA and plastid nucleoids
- In algae and protists
- Inheritance
- DNA damage and repair
- Origin
- Plastid development cycle
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Plant cells with visible chloroplasts
A plastid is a membrane-bound organelle found in the cells of plants, algae, and some other eukaryotic organisms. Plastids are considered to be intracellular endosymbiotic cyanobacteria.