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. 2006 Jun;17(6):2789–2798. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E05-09-0892

Table 2.

Cytoplasmic microtubule dynamics

Growth rate (μm/min) Shrinkage rate (μm/min) Rescue frequency (events/s) Catastrophe frequency (events/s) Pause time (%) Dynamicity (dimers/s)
G1
    WT 0.85 ± 0.47 1.04 ± 0.76 0.0130 0.0104 8 20.5
    stu2cu 0.96 ± 0.56 0.90 ± 0.66 0.0034 0.0040 55 8.6
    bim1Δ 0.70 ± 0.46 0.81 ± 0.56 0.0039 0.0040 43 9.2
    bik1Δ 0.38 ± 0.18 0.51 ± 0.26 0.0025 0.0021 54 4.9
    bik1cu 0.54 ± 0.34 0.55 ± 0.32 0.0042 0.0044 33 8.0
    stu2cubim1Δ 0.82 ± 0.97 0.76 ± 0.41 0.0041 0.0038 40 9.8
    stu2cubik1Δ 0.29 ± 0.24 0.40 ± 0.39 0.0009 0.0011 74 2.0
    bik1cubim1Δ 0.42 ± 0.21 0.53 ± 0.28 0.0008 0.0016 73 3.2
Preanaphase
    WT 0.79 ± 0.32 0.86 ± 0.37 0.0089 0.0109 14 17.2
    stu2cu 0.88 ± 0.58 1.06 ± 0.48 0.0040 0.0047 52 10.7
    bim1Δ 0.91 ± 0.57 0.93 ± 0.48 0.0086 0.0097 15 17.5
    bik1Δ 0.48 ± 0.27 0.52 ± 0.26 0.0042 0.0028 37 7.0
    bik1cu 0.45 ± 0.23 0.49 ± 0.22 0.0037 0.0038 39 7.2
    stu2cubim1Δ 0.65 ± 0.58 0.62 ± 0.33 0.0047 0.0021 45 8.4
    stu2cubik1Δ 0.32 ± 0.33 0.52 ± 0.65 0.0008 0.0014 59 2.6
    bik1cubim1Δ 0.45 ± 0.22 0.47 ± 0.19 0.0020 0.0036 38 6.8

WT (CUY1244), G1 (n = 10, t = 5480 s), PA (n = 10, t = 5240 s); stu2cu (CUY1243), G1 (n = 17, t = 9600 s), PA (n = 8, t = 4420 s); bik1Δ (CUY1714), G1 (n = 10, t = 5660 s), PA (n = 10, t = 5340 s); bik1cu (CUY1718), G1 (n = 16, t = 8560 s), PA (n = 16, t = 8960 s); bim1Δ (CUY1715), G1 (n = 10, t = 5480 s), PA (n = 10, t = 5440 s); stu2cu bik1Δ (CUY1713), G1 (n = 17, t = 9680 s), PA (n = 8, t = 4520 s); stu2cu bim1Δ (CUY1716), G1 (n = 10, t = 5520 s), PA (n = 11, t = 5980 s); bik1cu bim1Δ (CUY1721), G1 (n = 10, t = 5600 s), PA (n = 10, t = 5380 s). n, number of time-lapse sequences; t, total length of time-lapse sequences obtained. Event rates are average values ± SD.