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Offline rleung

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microtubule formation vs. microfilament formation
« on: July 23, 2006, 09:26:24 PM »
Hi,

I am just wondering....do microfilaments ever use GTP to polymerize, or do they exclusively use ATP-actin?  Thanks so much!

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Re: microtubule formation vs. microfilament formation
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2006, 05:04:40 AM »
microtubules use GTP to polymerise and actin uses ATP. Intermediate filaments polymerize by tetramers that are polymerized to a intermediate filament.
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Re: microtubule formation vs. microfilament formation
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2006, 10:27:24 PM »
Thanks for clarifying :)
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