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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the largest organelle of the endomembrane system and it has many physiological functions, such as the synthesis of proteins and lipids, addition of oligosaccharide chains, transport of proteins and membrane materials, and the regulation of cytosolic calcium concentrations. Classical literature distinguishes three ER subcompartments: rough ER, smooth ER, and the nuclear envelope. However, it has been suggested that the ER has a multifunctional nature and that specialized subregions in addition to the three classical domains exist in plant ER (1, 2).
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Ukaji, N., Fujikawa, S., Yoshida, S. (2000). Isolation and Characterization of Endoplasmic Reticulum from Mulberry Cortical Parenchyma Cells. In: Dashek, W.V. (eds) Methods in Plant Electron Microscopy and Cytochemistry. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-232-6_10
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