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Definitions for plasmodesma
ˌplæz məˈdɛs mə; -mə təplas·mod·es·ma
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plasmodesmanoun
A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them.
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Plasmodesma
Plasmodesmata are microscopic channels which traverse the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them. Species that have plasmodesmata include members of the Charophyceae, Charales and Coleochaetales, as well as all embryophytes, better known as land plants. Unlike animal cells, every plant cell is surrounded by a polysaccharide cell wall. Neighbouring plant cells are therefore separated by a pair of cell walls and the intervening lamella, forming an extracellular domain known as the apoplast. Although cell walls are permeable to small soluble proteins and other solutes, plasmodesmata enable direct, regulated, symplastic intercellular transport of substances between cells. There are two forms of plasmodesmata: primary plasmodesmata, which are formed during cell division, and secondary plasmodesmata, which can form between mature cells. Similar structures, called gap junctions and membrane nanotubes, interconnect animal cells and stromules form between plastids in plant cells.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of plasmodesma in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of plasmodesma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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