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ministack en · NOUN

Etymology

From mini- + stack.

Meanings

1. A component of the Golgi apparatus.
   • The Golgi consists of a contiguous network of laterally linked ministacks positioned at the microtubule-organizing center. 2008, Timothy Feinstein, A New Model for Feedback Between Ribbon Structure of the Golgi Apparatus and Mitotic Cell Cycle Progression, →ISBN:
   • Here we show that Chlamydia infection in human epithelial cells induces Golgi fragmentation to generate Golgi ministacks surrounding the bacterial inclusion. 2008 December 7, Dagmar Heuer et al., “Chlamydia causes fragmentation of the Golgi compartment to ensure reproduction”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7230, →DOI, pages 731–735:

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