Berkeley body
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A Berkeley Body is an organelle unique to yeast cells with a secretory mutation in the genes sec7 and sec14. The Berkeley Body itself consists of two enclosed membranes forming an enclosed lumen, which contains cytoplasm. It was discovered in 1980 by Novick and Schekman.
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- ^ Peter Novick, Charles Field and Randy Schekman. Identification of 23 Complementation Groups Required for Post-translational Events in the Yeast Secretory Pathway. Cell, Vol. 21, 205–215, August, 1980.
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