Chloroplast (source code)

= Chloroplast
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A <chloroplast> is a compartment in photosynthetic <plant> and <algae> <biological cells>. Its internal <thylakoids> carry out <light-dependent reactions>; its surrounding <chloroplast stroma> contains the <enzymes> of the <Calvin cycle>. <Cyanobacteria> perform <oxygenic photosynthesis> without <chloroplasts>. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26819/[Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell: chloroplasts and photosynthesis].