Biology as Poetry: Biochemistry

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Tubulin

Protein basis of the cytoskeleton making up centrioles, cilia, flagella (eukaryotic), and the mitotic spindle.

Tubulin is the protein subunit making up microtubules and which is readily added and removed to adjust the length of individual microtubules.

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