Golgi apparatus - Golgi Apparatus

Golgi apparatus
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In cell biology, the Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi complex, or dictyosome is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells, including those of plants and animals (but not most fungi). The name comes from Italian anatomist Camillo Golgi, who identified it in 1898. Its primary function is to process proteins targeted to the plasma membrane, lysosomes or endosomes and those that will be secreted from the cell, and sort them within vesicles. Thus, it functions as a central delivery system for the cell.

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