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What would be the effect on the size of a cell membrane when the secretory pathway is active? Will this cause a problem for the cell, and what might a cell do to keep this from becoming a problem?

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The insight into a cell membrane and the secretory pathways are examined.

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To answer this question, consider how the secretory pathway works. Secretory proteins are made in the rough ER, move through the Golgi, then are packaged into secretory vesicles to be secreted from the cell. Vesicles ...

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