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Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of microtubule polymerization. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of microtubule polymerization. The process of creating protein polymers, compounds composed of a large number of component monomers; polymeric proteins may be made up of different or identical monomers. Polymerization occurs by the addition of extra monomers to an existing poly- or oligomeric protein. The addition of tubulin heterodimers to one or both ends of a microtubule. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of microtubule polymerization. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cytoskeletal structures comprising microtubules and their associated proteins. Assembly or disassembly of microtubules by the addition or removal of tubulin heterodimers from a microtubule. The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a protein complex, occurring at the level of an individual cell.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: microtubule polymerization
Acc: GO:0046785
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The addition of tubulin heterodimers to one or both ends of a microtubule.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 22 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 53 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0046785 - microtubule polymerization (interactive image map)
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