Cdk1 

=Cdc2 (vertebrates and fission yeast)

= Cdc28  (budding yeast)

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Catastrophe 

The change from growth to shrinkage

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Dynamic instability 

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

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Polyglutamylation has a key role in the beating of cilia and flagella

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Kinesin-1 associates preferentially with detyrosylated and acetylated microtubules.

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Polyglutamylation and polyglycylation are likely mutually exclusive, so they would not normally occur at the same time & both can enhance microtubule stability,

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Detyrosylated microtubules are more stable, because they are more resistant to depolymerization by kinesin-13 and related proteins.