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(b) increasing the rate at which subunits are added to the filaments.
(c) promoting nucleation of filaments.
(d) decreasing the binding strength between subunits on filaments.


(d) ATP hydrolysis in actin polymerization decreases the binding strength between monomers in the actin filaments; GTP hydrolysis during tubulin polymerization decreases the binding strength between the tubulin subunits in the microtubule.

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