CISTERNA

Cisterna

A cisterna refers to a flattened membrane disk that makes up the Golgi apparatus. A typical Golgi has anywhere from 3 to 7 cisternae stacked upon each other like a stack of dinner plates, but there are usually around 6. The cisternae carry Golgi enzymes to help or to modify cargo proteins traveling through them destined for other parts of the cell.

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cisterna

Noun

  1. Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.


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