Dynamic instability of microtubule growth - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1984 Nov;312(5991):237-42.

doi: 10.1038/312237a0.

Dynamic instability of microtubule growth

T Mitchison et al. Nature. 1984 Nov.

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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