Level of life
Cell
The smallest unit that can live on its own. Every living thing is made of one or more cells.
Golgi apparatus
Modifies, sorts and ships proteins and lipids.Source: NHGRISource: Palade, 1975Source: Alberts et al., 2002
Also called Golgi body, Golgi complex.
Structure
How Golgi apparatus connects
Golgi apparatus is part of
Golgi apparatus is related to
Structure
Endoplasmic reticulum
Makes and folds proteins and lipids for membranes and export.
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Sources & further reading
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Golgi Body (opens the original in a new tab)
National Human Genome Research Institute. Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms. National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH.
ReferenceGovernment sourceEducationalIntracellular aspects of the process of protein synthesis (opens the original in a new tab)
Palade G (1975). Science 189:347-358.
Nobel lecture on the secretory pathway through the ER and Golgi.
Peer-reviewedReviewMolecular Biology of the Cell (4th edition) (opens the original in a new tab)
Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, et al. (2002). Garland Science.
Free to read on NCBI Bookshelf. Standard reference for cell structure and molecular biology.
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