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. 2009 Apr 22;96(8):3050–3064. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.017

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Depolymerization of long MTs. Each curve is the average of 500 independent simulations. Each simulation was started from a preequilibrated MT: the simulation was run for 1000 s with no filament depolymerization, to allow the motor density on the MT to reach steady state. (A) Length versus time. (B) Depolymerization rate versus MT length. Black squares indicate the crossover to length-dependent depolymerization. (C) Standard deviation of MT length versus MT length. (D) Length of crossover to length-dependent depolymerization in the simulations (red circles) and the mean-field model (blue solid line).