Comparison of Cellular Membranes of Liver with Emphasis on the Golgi Complex as a Discrete Organelle

Abstract

The hepatocyte is a highly differentiated mammalian cell whose functions are carried out to a large extent on the subcellular level by a number of membranous organelles. Over the last 15 years much attention has been focussed on the isolation of highly purified preparations of these organelles in order to study their composition and enzymic capacities with the hope that such information would help us understand their role in cell function.