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The Nature and Function of Golgi Bodies

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CERTAIN of Prof. Walker's assumptions (NATURE, Feb. 25, p. 279) are opposed to direct observation. Thus his idea that the archoplasmic vesicles and Golgi bodies are one and the same thing is quite untenable in the light of recent work (see J. Hirschler, C.R. Soc. Biol., 98, No. 2, 145-6 ; 1928).

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LUDFORD, R. The Nature and Function of Golgi Bodies. Nature 121, 456 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121456a0

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