because radioactive precursors can be injected directly into the cell body or axon of r2 , a giant , identified neuron of the aplysia abdominal ganglion , it was possible to show that glycolipid is synthesized in the cell body , inserted into membranes along with glycoprotein , and then exported into the axon within organelles that are moved by fast axonal transport .
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