Egalitarian and the case of the missing link

The specificity of cytoskeleton-mediated cargo transport is critical for cell polarization. The Egalitarian protein — required for the localization of mRNAs and proteins to the oocyte of the Drosophila melanogaster ovary — is now reported to interact with an integral component of the dynein motor complex, the dynein light chain Dlc1.Peer reviewe