title: Patronin Takes a Shot at Polarity.
abstract: To specify the anterior-posterior axis of Drosophila embryos, noncentrosomal microtubules grow out from cortical regions of the oocyte and help transport axis determinants. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Nashchekin et al. (2016) report a Shot- and Patronin-dependent mechanism by which the oocyte cortex produces polarized microtubule arrays.
authors.affiliation: RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe 650-0047, Japan. Electronic address: takeichi@cdb.riken.jp.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeichi
authors.affiliation: RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; C553301:patronin protein, Drosophila; C450828:shot protein, Drosophila