Premature microtubule-dependent cytoplasmic streaming in cappuccino and spire mutant oocytes.

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Premature microtubule-dependent cytoplasmic streaming in cappuccino and spire mutant oocytes.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 30 Sept 1994

Theurkauf W E

Abstract excerpt

Embryonic axis specification in Drosophila melanogaster is achieved through the asymmetric subcellular localization of morphogenetic molecules within the oocyte. The cappuccino and spire loci are required for both posterior and dorsoventral patterning. Time-lapse confocal microscopic analyses of...

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Animals
Cytoplasmic Streaming
Drosophila melanogaster
Genes, Insect
Microtubules
Mutation
Oocytes

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