Golgi apparatus
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The Golgi apparatus is a cellular structure that receives proteins made elsewhere in the cell and packages them up for delivery to where they're needed, either within the cell or outside of it. This packaging process is essential for cells to function properly, as it ensures proteins reach their correct destinations.
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Research
33,138 papers- Golgi Apparatus Regulates Plasma Membrane Composition and Function.Cells · 2022
- The Golgi Apparatus: A Key Player in Innate Immunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
- Insights into golgi apparatus and centrosome: implications for ciliogenesis.Molecular biology reports · 2025
- The Golgi apparatus.Current biology : CB · 2000
- The role of the Golgi apparatus in disease (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2021
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Diagram of a single "stack" of Golgi
The Golgi apparatus (/ˈɡɒldʒi/), also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells. Part of the endomembrane system in the cytoplasm, it packages proteins into membrane-bound vesicles inside the cell before the vesicles are sent to their destination. It resides at the intersection of the secretory, lysosomal, and endocytic pathways. It is of particular importance in processing proteins for secretion, containing a set of glycosylation enzymes that attach various sugar monomers to proteins as the proteins move through the apparatus.