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. 2002 Jun 10;157(6):1041–1048. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200203001

Table II. Hook curvature for apico-basally viewed pillar microtubules in the outer pillar cells of a 21-d-old mouse.

MT with counterclockwise
hooks/hooks per MTa
MT with clockwise
hooks/hooks per MTa
1 2 3 4 Total 1 2 Total MT with ambiguous
hook decorationb
Percentdecorated MTc
Bundle
A 105 20 13 1 139 6 0 6 114 27
B 35 6 2 0 43 4 0 4 42 12
C 27 11 2 0 40 0 1 1 8 29
D 26 0 2 0 28 2 0 2 25 29
E 12 0 0 0 12 1 0 1 3 6
Totals 205 37 19 1 262 13 1 14 192 Mean = 21

95% of the unambiguously decorated microtubules bore counterclockwise hooks.

a

Details of the number of counterclockwise, or clockwise, hooks per microtubule are shown for each bundle. Most microtubule profiles possessed one hook each.

b

Details of the ambiguous patterns of decoration are given in the text.

c

The percentage of cross-sectional microtubule profiles in each bundle that had been decorated.