microtubule depolymerization

id: GO:0007019
name: microtubule depolymerization
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The removal of tubulin heterodimers from one or both ends of a microtubule.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0010938cytoplasmic microtubule depolymerization
GO:0060172astral microtubule depolymerization
GO:0060404axonemal microtubule depolymerization
GO:0070462plus-end specific microtubule depolymerization

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0031109microtubule polymerization or depolymerization
GO:0051261protein depolymerization