ministack

English

Etymology

From mini- +‎ stack.

Noun

ministack (plural ministacks)

1. (biology) A component of the Golgi apparatus.
   • 2008, Timothy Feinstein, A New Model for Feedback Between Ribbon Structure of the Golgi Apparatus and Mitotic Cell Cycle Progression‎^[1], →ISBN:

     The Golgi consists of a contiguous network of laterally linked ministacks positioned at the microtubule-organizing center.

   • 2008 December 7, Dagmar Heuer et al., “Chlamydia causes fragmentation of the Golgi compartment to ensure reproduction”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7230, →DOI, pages 731–735:

     Here we show that Chlamydia infection in human epithelial cells induces Golgi fragmentation to generate Golgi ministacks surrounding the bacterial inclusion.