Bergmann’s rule: Populations in colder climates tend to have greater body mass than those in warmer climates.

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Op18/stathmin (End-Binding Proteins) binds selectively to curved protofilaments and enhances terminal tubulin heterodimer dissociation from a microtubule end. 

 

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Stathmin decreases the effective concentration of tubulin subunits that are available for polymerization (an action analogous to the drug colchicine) and enhances that a growing microtubule will switch to the shrinking state.

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Phosphorylation of stathmin inhibits its binding to tubulin.

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Katanin promotes breakage by extracting tubulin subunits from the wall of the microtubule (also releases microtubules from MTOCs). 

 

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Plectin links microtubules to intermediate filaments.

 

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Taxol, 

A plant alkaloid from the Pacific yew tree

Binds microtubules and stabilizes them against depolymerization