Summarizes various data obtained after development of methods of Golgi complex sub fractionation, molecular biology and microscopy. This title collects the full range of expertise, different points of view and different approaches. It intends to make the functional organization of the Golgi apparatus more understandable.

General considerations.- The Golgi apparatus and main discoveries in the field of intracellular transport.- The Golgi apparatus as a crossroads in intracellular traffic.- Main machineries operating at the Golgi apparatus.- SNAREs.- Rabs.- COPII.- COPI: mechanisms and transport roles.- Arfs and Arls: models for Arf family members in membrane traffic at the Golgi.- COG complex.- The TRAPP complex.- The role of Ca2 in the regulation of intracellular transport.- Golgi glycosylation enzymes.- Nucleotide sugar transporters of the Golgi apparatus.- Luminal lectins.- The Golgi ribbon and the function of the Golgins.- Functional cross talk between membrane trafficking and cell signalling.- The role of the cytoskeleton in the structure and function of the Golgi apparatus.- The dynamin-cortactin complex as a mediator of vesicle formation at the trans-Golgi network.- The geometry of organelles of the secretory pathway.- Main transport steps.- ER-to-Golgi transport.- Intra-Golgi transport.- Structure and domain organization of the trans- Golgi network.- Golgi-to-PM transport.- Protein transport from the trans-Golgi network to endosomes.- The transport of soluble lysosomal hydrolases from the Golgi complex to lysosomes.- Transport of lysosomal membrane proteins from the Golgi complex to lysosomes.- Retrograde endosome-to-TGN transport.- Retrograde plasma membrane-to-Golgi apparatus transport.- Interactions between endocytosis and secretory transport.- Origins of the regulated secretory pathway.- Secretion and endocytosis in endothelial cells.- Formation of mucin granules.- Golgi apparatus and epithelial cell polarity.- Golgi apparatus inheritance.- Peculiarities of intracellular transport in different organisms.- Features of the plant Golgi apparatus.- Yeast Golgi apparatus.- Morphodynamics of the yeast Golgi apparatus.- Structure and function of the Golgi organelle in parasitic protists.- Evolution of the Golgi complex.- General conclusions.- Concluding remarks, questions, and perspectives.

GPSR Compliance The European Union's (EU) General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a set of rules that requires consumer products to be safe and our obligations to ensure this. If you have any concerns about our products you can contact us on ProductSafety@springernature.com. In case Publisher is established outside the EU, the EU authorized representative is: Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH Europaplatz 3 69115 Heidelberg, Germany ProductSafety@springernature.com