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The division of a chloroplast within a cell to form two or more separate chloroplast compartments. This division occurs independently of mitosis. The creation of two or more organelles by division of one organelle. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a plastid. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of the chloroplast. The creation of two or more plastids by division of one plastid. A plastid is any member of a family of organelles found in the cytoplasm of plants and some protists, which are membrane-bounded and contain DNA.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: chloroplast fission
Acc: GO:0010020
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The division of a chloroplast within a cell to form two or more separate chloroplast compartments. This division occurs independently of mitosis.
Synonyms:
  • chloroplast division
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 12 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 12 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0010020 - chloroplast fission (interactive image map)
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