The Golgi Apparatus: The First 100 Years

✍ Scribed by James Morre, Hilton H. Mollenhauer

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 311
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Golgi apparatus (GA) is typically comprised of a series of five to eight cup-shaped, membrane-covered sacs called cisternae that look something like a stack of deflated balloons. The GA is often considered the "distribution and shipping department" for the cell's chemical products. This book traces the first 100 years of GA discovery from the first published accounts from Pavia, Italy, in 1898 to the Centenary Celebration in Pavia, Italy, in 1998 to our most recent discoveries. It summarizes the past 50 years beginning with the modern era of GA discovery, leading up to the present era with almost exclusive focus on molecular biology.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
1. Discovery and Rediscovery......Page 14
2. Structure......Page 21
3. Isolation and Subfractionation......Page 51
4. Tubules......Page 74
5. Endomembrane Biogenesis......Page 88
6. Function in the Flow-Differentiation of Membranes......Page 103
7. Biochemistry......Page 147
8. Function in Secretion......Page 164
9. Replication......Page 195
10. Cell-Free Analysis......Page 205
11. Growth and Cell Enlargement......Page 228
12. Cancer......Page 245
Epilogue......Page 259
Appendix Tables......Page 263
References......Page 276
Index......Page 305