Cortical microtubule nucleation can organise the cytoskeleton of Drosophila oocytes to define the anteroposterior axis

Many cells contain non-centrosomal arrays of microtubules (MTs), but the assembly, organisation and function of these arrays are poorly understood. We present the first theoretical model for the non-centrosomal MT cytoskeleton in Drosophila oocytes, in which bicoid and oskar mRNAs become localised t...

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Main Authors: Khuc Trong, Philipp, Dunkel, Joern, Doerflinger, Helene, St. Johnston, Daniel, Goldstein, Raymond E.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99665
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8865-2369