A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
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Examples for "protoplast "
Examples for "protoplast "
1 Unexpectedly, developmental mutants were obtained only when the protoplast fusion approach was used.
2 The protoplast is uninucleate and vacuolate, and contains chromatophores of a brownish colour.
3 The differentiation into nucleus and cytoplasm represents a division of labour in the protoplast .
4 We have established an Arabidopsis protoplast model system to study plant cell death signaling.
5 An Arabidopsis protoplast system was developed for dissecting plant cell death in individual cells.
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