The phenomenon that takes place at a concentration of free actin at the midpoint between the critical concentrations of the barbed and pointed ends of an actin filament is called

a. assembly.
b. dynamic instability.
c. treadmilling.
d. disassembly.
e. walking.


Ans: c. treadmilling.

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