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The growing Golgi: in search of its independence

Recent studies have shown that under conditions of Golgi breakdown, Golgi glycosylation enzymes recycle to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), whereas Golgi matrix proteins are retained in a set of cytoplasmic membranes. These findings have implications for the role of the ER in Golgi reassembly.

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Figure 1: Schematic diagram on the basis of the findings of Seemann et al .3, illustrating the distribution of Golgi glycosylation enzymes (red) and Golgi matrix proteins (blue) under different experimental conditions.

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Klumperman, J. The growing Golgi: in search of its independence. Nat Cell Biol 2, E217–E219 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35046635

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