Table 4. Average (± standard error) rates of dynamic instability of apical microtubules in mature hyphae of WT and Δmtb-3.

	WT	Δmtb-3
Polymerization rate	27.96±6.34	21.91*±2.49
(µm min−1)	n = 36	n = 40
Depolymerization rate	58.24±6.42	38.90*±4.93
(µm min−1)	n = 34	n = 30

The number of observations is indicated by n.

^*p<0.05.