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SUBMITTER: Becalska AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2709059 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Development (Cambridge, England) 20090801 15
The asymmetric localization of four maternal mRNAs - gurken, bicoid, oskar and nanos - in the Drosophila oocyte is essential for the development of the embryonic body axes. Fluorescent imaging methods are now being used to visualize these mRNAs in living tissue, allowing dynamic analysis of their behaviors throughout the process of localization. This review summarizes recent findings from such studies that provide new insight into the elaborate cellular mechanisms that are used to transport mRNA ...[more]