Golgi apparatus
What Golgi apparatus means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Modifies, packages and transports proteins and lipids, forming vesicles and lysosomes.
Modifies proteins and packages them into vesicles.
Topics that use Golgi apparatus
- Structure of eukaryotic cells (AQA A-Level)
- Cell structure (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Cell structure
- Comparing cell structure across eukaryotic organisms
- Correct use of the light microscope
- differentiation
- Estimating real cell dimensions
- Eukaryotic cell diversity
- Exocytosis and ATP supply
- Intracellular and whole-cell movement
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