Microtubules grown from centrosomes: effects of GDP-tub on microtubular dynamics. A, dynamic parameters of microtubules polymerized from centrosomes and GTP-tub (25 μm) in the presence of increasing GDP-tub concentrations. Standard deviations are represented in parentheses. n, number of events. B, microtubule growth rate versus GDP-tub concentration. C, catastrophe frequency (Catast. freq.) versus growth rate of microtubules assembled with increasing concentrations (18, 22, 25 and 28 μm) of GTP-tub (black squares) or with 25 μm GTP-tub in the presence of increasing GDP-tub concentrations (empty squares). D, microtubule shrinkage rate versus GDP-tub concentration.