Dynamic instability causes microtubules either to grow or to shrink rapidly. Consider an individual microtubule that is

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Dynamic instability causes microtubules either to grow or to shrink rapidly. Consider an individual microtubule that is in its shrinking phase.

A. What must happen at the end of the microtubule in order for it to stop shrinking and to start growing again?

B. How would a change in the tubulin concentration affect this switch?

C. What would happen if only GDP, but no GTP, were present in the solution?

D. What would happen if the solution contained an analog of GTP that cannot be hydrolyzed?

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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