The Endoplasmic Reticulum As Luggage System
a: The endoplasmic reticulum ~
b: the luggage conveyer at an airport
What: "The endoplasmic reticulum is like a tiny luggage conveyer at an airport because it moves packages, your luggage and whatever else you might have checked onto the plane from one part of the airport to another."
Useful?
Writer: A. Fairweather
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 21 2011 11:33 PM
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By maggie on 2014-December-18
Topic: Endoplasmic reticulum
This is a great analogy, but for the smooth ER only, it does not address the synthesizing that occurs in the rough ER.
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