Dynamic instability of microtubule growth
- PMID: 6504138
- DOI: 10.1038/312237a0
Dynamic instability of microtubule growth
Abstract
We report here that microtubules in vitro coexist in growing and shrinking populations which interconvert rather infrequently. This dynamic instability is a general property of microtubules and may be fundamental in explaining cellular microtubule organization.
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