ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM/GOLGI BODY SYSTEM

How molecules are processed and modified through the endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi body system



How molecules are processed and modified through the endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi body system

Cells have extensive sets of intracellular membranes, which together compose the endomembrane system. The endomembrane system was first discovered in the late 1800s when scientist Camillo Golgi noticed that a certain stain selectively marked only some internal cellular membranes. Golgi thought that these intracellular membranes were interconnected, but advances in microscopy and biochemical studies of the various membrane-encased organelles later made it clear the organelles in the endomembrane system are separate compartments with ...