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