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      Dynamic instability of microtubule growth.

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          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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          6504138
          10.1038/312237a0

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