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A system of membranes inside chloroplasts and cyanobacteria that contains the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. They surround a lumen and are often stacked like coins into arrays called grana.
A system of membranes inside [[chloroplast]]s, housing the proteins that carry out the light-dependent reactions of [[photosynthesis]].

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A definition or brief description of Thylakoid.

A system of membranes inside chloroplasts, housing the proteins that carry out the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.