Term Information

Accession
GO:0009902
Name
chloroplast relocation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
chloroplast movement
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which chloroplasts in photosynthetic cells migrate toward illuminated sites to optimize photosynthesis and move away from excessively illuminated areas to protect the photosynthetic machinery. Source: PMID:11309623
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009902 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of chloroplast relocation (GO:0009902)
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chloroplast relocation [is_a relation] is_a  chloroplast localization (GO:0019750)
chloroplast relocation [is_a relation] is_a  establishment of plastid localization (GO:0051667)
chloroplast relocation [is_a relation] is_a  chloroplast organization (GO:0009658)
Children of chloroplast relocation (GO:0009902)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
chloroplast accumulation movement (GO:0009904) [is_a relation] is_a  chloroplast relocation
chloroplast avoidance movement (GO:0009903) [is_a relation] is_a  chloroplast relocation
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