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Endomembrane system: endoplasmic reticulum

Cell envelope and organelles · Biology

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Peek inside an animal cell — pick an organelle to highlight it and learn its job.

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Example: A pancreas cell making insulin has huge amounts of RER — ribosomes on the RER build insulin protein chains that enter the ER tubes, fold properly, then bud off in vesicles to the Golgi. A liver cell detoxifying alcohol has abundant SER instead.

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