My Dictionary #3

Treadmilling Effect - The process that occurs in a dynamic cytoskeletal filament where the rate of addition to the plus end is equal to the rate of removal at the minus end; the filament is constantly changing by it remains the same length.


Nucleation - The process when enough subunits come together to form a filament. 


Tubulin - consists of two protein subunits (alpha and beta tubulin) that make up microtubules. Alpha tubulin binds and maintains GTP, while beta tubulin binds and cycles between GTP and GDP.