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Golgi Apparatus

media type="custom" key="2378935" The structure of the Golgi Apparatus, or the Golgi Complex, is fairly simple, piles of compressed cisternae with vesicles that pinch off edges. The Golgi modifies chemicals to make them active, buries chemicals in tiny vesicles, stores chemicals, and also may produce endoplasmic reticulum(E.R.). This part of the cell was discovered by Camillo Golgi in 1898. He had been examining the nervous system with a new method, which is now known as Golgi Staining or Golgi Impregnation. The Golgi is found in both the plant and also the animal cell. Proteins come from the E.R. and enter at its entry face then travel through the Golgi and distribute to either the lysosomes, the plasma membrane, or secretion per the exit face. While in the Golgi the proteins are further processed usually towards the nucleus. Scientists are still unable to comprehend how the proteins do so.

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