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Is the Golgi apparatus only present in animal cells?

Posted March 31, 2021

Golgi Apparatus Cell Structures and Organelles

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No, the Golgi apparatus is also present in plant cells where it performs similar functions in protein and lipid processing and vesicle trafficking.

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