Endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus
The building of membranes permitted molecular reactions to occur in defined sequences
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Abstract
During the early decades of genetics, cytologists tended to think of the chromosomes as main inhab-itants of the cell and to forget about the cytoplasm. This attitude had its origin in the fact that the cytoplasm had to be, as transparent and structureless as possible, if one was going to identify, and delimit, the chromosomes properly. But chromosomes cannot function without a cytoplasm: (1) At metaphase and anaphase they get rid of the nucleus and function in this cell compartment. (2) Protein synthesis is a process in which both chromosomes and cytoplasm participate. (3) No chromosomes can function outside the cell, even the chromosomes of viruses need to return to the cell cytoplasm and nucleus to replicate.
Keywords
Endoplasmic Reticulum Golgi Apparatus Early Decade Plasmic Reticulum Molecular Reaction
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