Some adult stem cells, such as spermatogonia, are referred to as unipotent stem cells because they function in the organism to generate only one cell type.

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#Id: 8530

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Class III IF proteins- found in cells of mesodermal origin

Desmin, GFAP, vimentin

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#Id: 8531

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Dynamic instability 

Rapid interconversion between a growing and shrinking state, at a uniform free tubulin concentration

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#Id: 8532

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Catastrophe 

The change from growth to shrinkage

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#Id: 8533

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Rescue 

The change from shrinkage to growth

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#Id: 8534

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γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC)

nucleates assembly of a microtubule by forming a template corresponding to the (−) end. 

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#Id: 8535

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Augmin

an 8-subunit protein complex that binds to sites along the microtubule and recruits γ-TuRC, which nucleates a new microtubule to form a microtubule branch.