Anatomy

Golgi Apparatus

A stack of flattened vesicles that functions in posttranslational processing and sorting of proteins, receiving them from the rough ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM and directing them to secretory vesicles, LYSOSOMES, or the CELL MEMBRANE. The movement of proteins takes place by transfer vesicles that bud off from the rough endoplasmic reticulum or Golgi apparatus and fuse with the Golgi, lysosomes or cell membrane. (From Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990)

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A stack of flattened vesicles that functions in posttranslational processing and sorting of proteins, receiving them from the rough ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM and directing them to secretory vesicles, LYSOSOMES, or the CELL MEMBRANE. The movement of proteins takes place by transfer vesicles that bud off from the rough endoplasmic reticulum or Golgi apparatus and fuse with the Golgi, lysosomes or cell membrane. (From Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990)

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  • Golgi Complex
  • Apparatus, Golgi
  • Complex, Golgi

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Golgi Apparatus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006056. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006056
  2. Golgi Apparatus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi_apparatus
  3. Golgi Apparatus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83181