PLASTID STROMULES AS SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF THE MULTIPURPOSE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
G.A. Velikanov,1 L.P. Belova, T.M. Il’ina
Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan Centre of Science, RAS;
1 e-mail: velikanov1807@rambler.ru
It is supposed, that the compromise between all groups of researchers of stromules can be reached if to accept,
that an external membrane of stromules together with an external membrane of initial plastid are the specific
domain of endoplasmic reticulum. Such domain co-operates with other membranes of a cell by means of
membrane contact sites with free permeability for small molecules (presumably to 1.5 ęDa).
Key words: stromules, origin, endoplasmic reticulum, membrane contact sites
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