reticulum
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It encodes a protein called endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 2, which has been shown to help immune cells recognize and fight threatening viruses.
From Science Magazine
All eukaryotes have the exact same set of organelles familiar to anyone who has studied cell biology: nucleus, nucleolus, ribosomes, rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, cytoskeleton, lysosome and centriole.
From Scientific American
Around that time, perhaps influenced by the predominant metaphor, German anatomist Joseph von Gerlach looked at nervous tissue through his microscope and saw the tangle of fibers—a reticulum.
From Scientific American
This binds to STING, which is located on the membrane of an organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum.
From Nature
The final step of the pathway, module IV, partly occurs in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum.
From Nature
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