ministack
English
Etymology
From mini- + stack.
Noun
ministack (plural ministacks)
- (biology) A component of the Golgi apparatus.
- 2008, Timothy Feinstein, A New Model for Feedback Between Ribbon Structure of the Golgi Apparatus and Mitotic Cell Cycle Progression, →ISBN:
- The Golgi consists of a contiguous network of laterally linked ministacks positioned at the microtubule-organizing center.
- 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:
- Here we show that Chlamydia infection in human epithelial cells induces Golgi fragmentation to generate Golgi ministacks surrounding the bacterial inclusion.
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