Question

Typically, it is unlikely that Microtubules that are in the axon are utilizing treadmilling to maintain their length.

A. The Microtubule-Organizing Centers are in the cell body compared to the plus end of the microtubule are meters away and the end of the axon. If the microtubules were treadmilling, what would you need for it to constantly occur to the individual tubulin dimers in the axons?
B. If the Microtubules of the axon are bundled together by intermediate filaments, how would the attachments of intermediate filaments need to change if the microtubules were treadmilling?

Answer 1

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