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What would happen to the life of a cell if there was no Golgi apparatus?

Updated On: Nov 20, 2023
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Effect of absence of Golgi apparatus on life of a cell 

  1. The packaging and dispatching of different types of proteins to various targets inside and outside the cell will be influenced.
  2. The products of cell cannot be stored and modified later.
  3. There will be effect on Lysosomes formation. This will cause accumulation of worn out and dead cell organelles within the cell which may cause cell death.
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