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The plant Golgi apparatus: Last 10 years of answered and open questions
Author(s) -
Faso Carmen,
Boulaflous Aurelia,
Brandizzi Federica
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.09.046
Subject(s) - golgi apparatus , vacuole , organelle , chloroplast , plant cell , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , nanotechnology , cytoplasm , materials science , biochemistry , endoplasmic reticulum , gene
Plant Golgi bodies possess unique morphological and functional characteristics that are key to several biological and biotechnological processes, such as transport of the cell's building blocks to energy‐rich compartments, including chloroplasts, storage vacuoles and a cellulosic cell wall. During the last decade it has become apparent that the plant Golgi apparatus has features that are remarkably different from other systems. Here we summarize the most recent findings on this organelle and we highlight pressing questions that are likely to drive the next 10 years of research on the plant Golgi apparatus.