| forming face | The side of the Golgi apparatus which faces the rough endoplasmic reticulum, where vesicles budding off of the rough endoplasmic reticulum fuse to the Golgi apparatus. Also called the cis side of the Golgi apparatus. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| formins | <molecular biology> A set of protein isoforms encoded by alternatively spliced ld locus of the mouse. Mutations in ld lead to disruption in pattern formation, small size, fusion of distal bones and digits of limbs and renal aplasia. (20 Jun 2000) |