Dynamic instability

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Cytoskeleton And Motility subtree

Mitchison-Kirschner 1984: microtubules stochastically switch between growth (rescue) and shrinkage (catastrophe) at plus ends. GTP-cap hydrolysis triggers catastrophe; GTP-tubulin regrowth → rescue.

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