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Localization of bicoid messenger RNA to the anterior cortex of the developing oocyte is essential for correct anterior-posterior patterning of the Drosophila embryo. It now seems that the Swallow protein functions as an adaptor, bridging bicoid mRNA to dynein, a molecular motor that would transport the complex anteriorly along microtubules.
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Hays, T., Karess, R. Swallowing dynein: a missing link in RNA localization? . Nat Cell Biol 2, E60–E62 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35008687
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