Which of the following statements about microtubules is true?
a. motor proteins move in a directional fashion along microtubules by using the inherent structural polarity of a protofilament.
b. the centromere nucleates the microtubule of the mitotic spindle
c. because micrtubules are subject to dynamic instability, they are used only for transient structures in a cell
d. ATP hydrolysys by a tubulin heterodimer is important for controlling the growth of a microtubule