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Phagocytosis of chloroplasts in <i>Placida dendritica</i> (Gastropoda: Sacoglossa)

Norman McLean

Journal of Experimental Zoology · 1976 · 26 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Abstract Phagocytosis of algal chloroplasts by digestive gland cells in the sacoglossan opisthobranch Placida dendritica is described. It is suggested that engulfment of chloroplasts is accomplished by veils of cytoplasm which are derived from elongating microvilli.

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Robert K. Trench, Richard W. Greene, Barbara G. Bystrom · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1969 · 112 citations · Full text

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The association between chloroplasts of <i>Codium fragile</i> and the mollusc <i>Elysia viridis</i> II. Chloroplast ultrastructure and photosynthetic carbon fixation in <i>E. viridis</i>

Robert K. Trench, J. Elizabeth Boyle, David Smith · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1973 · 99 citations

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Of 'leaves that crawl': functional chloroplasts in animal cells.

Trench Rk · PubMed · 1975 · 87 citations

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L. Muscatine, R. R. Pool, Robert K. Trench · Transactions of the American Microscopical Society · 1975 · 84 citations

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Chloroplasts as symbiotic organelles in the digestive gland of<i>Elysia viridis</i>[Gastropoda: opisthobranchia]

D. L. Taylor · Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom · 1968 · 82 citations

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