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Stabilization and the Critical Concentration. Suppose you determine the overall critical concentration for a sample of purified tubulin. Then you add a preparation of centrosomes, which nucleate microtubules such that the minus end is bound to the centrosome and stabilized against disassembly. When you again determine the overall critical concentration, you find it is different. Would the new overall critical concentration be higher or lower? Explain your answer.
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