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Jul 11, 2011

Several mRNAs are specifically transported to the anterior and posterior regions of Drosophila oocytes by microtubule-based motor proteins, but the organization of microtubules in these cells is unclear. Parton et al.  reveal that oocyte microtubules are highly dynamic and display a PAR-1-dependent bias in polarity that...