Abstract Background The formation of the bicoid (bcd) mRNA gradient is a crucial step for Bcd protein gradient formation in Drosophila. In the past. a microtubule (MT)-based cortical network had been shown to be indispensable for bcd mRNA transport to the posterior. Results We report the identification of a MT-binding protein CLASP/Chb as the first component associated with this corti... https://www.jmannino.com/