Remarkable advances have been made during the last few decades in defining the organizational principles of the secretory pathway. The Golgi complex in particular has attracted special attention due to its central position in the pathway, as well as for its fascinating and complex structure. Analytical studies of this organelle have produced significant advances in our understanding of its function, although some aspects still seem to elude our comprehension. In more recent years a level of complexity surrounding this organelle has emerged with the discovery that the Golgi complex is involved in cellular processes other than the ‘classical’ trafficking and biosynthetic pathways. The resulting picture is that the Golgi complex can be considered as a cellular headquarters where cargo sorting/processing, basic metabolism, signalling and cell-fate decisional processes converge.
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December 15 2010
The Golgi apparatus: an organelle with multiple complex functions
Cathal Wilson;
Cathal Wilson
*Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale, Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti) 66030, Italy
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Rossella Venditti;
Rossella Venditti
†Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy
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Laura R. Rega;
Laura R. Rega
†Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy
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Antonino Colanzi;
Antonino Colanzi
*Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale, Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti) 66030, Italy
†Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy
‡Institute of Protein Biochemistry (IBP), CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy
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Giovanni D'Angelo;
Giovanni D'Angelo
†Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy
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M. Antonietta De Matteis
M. Antonietta De Matteis
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*Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale, Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti) 66030, Italy
†Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy
1To whom correspondence should be addressed (email dematteis@tigem.it).
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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July 13 2010
Revision Received:
July 29 2010
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August 03 2010
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© The Authors Journal compilation © 2011 Biochemical Society
2011
Biochem J (2011) 433 (1): 1–9.
Article history
Received:
July 13 2010
Revision Received:
July 29 2010
Accepted:
August 03 2010
Citation
Cathal Wilson, Rossella Venditti, Laura R. Rega, Antonino Colanzi, Giovanni D'Angelo, M. Antonietta De Matteis; The Golgi apparatus: an organelle with multiple complex functions. Biochem J 1 January 2011; 433 (1): 1–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20101058
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