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Golgi apparatus
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cell organelle that packages proteins for export
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
33,141 papers- Golgi Apparatus Regulates Plasma Membrane Composition and Function.ReviewCells · 2022Agliarulo I, Parashuraman SDOI: 10.3390/cells11030368
- The Golgi Apparatus: A Key Player in Innate Immunity.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Mărunţelu I, Constantinescu AE, Covache-Busuioc RA et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms25074120
- Insights into golgi apparatus and centrosome: implications for ciliogenesis.ReviewMolecular biology reports · 2025Yan J, Cao J, Pan W et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11033-025-10811-w
- The Golgi apparatus.ReviewCurrent biology : CB · 2000Short B, Barr FADOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00644-8
- The role of the Golgi apparatus in disease (Review).ReviewInternational journal of molecular medicine · 2021Liu J, Huang Y, Li T et al.DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2021.4871
- Golgi apparatus partitioning during cell division.ReviewMolecular membrane biology · 2003Rabouille C, Jokitalo EDOI: 10.1080/0968768031000084163
- Golgi apparatus analyzed by cryo-electron microscopy.ReviewHistochemistry and cell biology · 2013Han HM, Bouchet-Marquis C, Huebinger J et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1136-3
- The Role of the Golgi Apparatus in Neurodegeneration.ReviewSub-cellular biochemistry · 2026Shadfar S, Assar Kashani S, Gautam S et al.DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-16833-7_17
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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