microtubule plus end

id: GO:0035371
name: microtubule plus end
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The growing (plus) end of a microtubule. In vitro, microtubules polymerize more quickly at the plus end than at the minus end. In vivo, microtubule growth occurs only at the plus end, and the plus end switches between periods of growth and shortening, a behavior known as dynamic instability.

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