Organogenesis: keeping in touch with the germ cells

Curr Biol. 2003 Sep 2;13(17):R683-5. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00609-2.

Abstract

DE-cadherin and its novel regulator, the transmembrane protein Fear of Intimacy, have been found to control the adhesive interactions between germline and somatic cells that lead to gonad formation in Drosophila.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cadherins / metabolism*
  • Cadherins / physiology
  • Cell Adhesion / genetics
  • Cell Adhesion / physiology*
  • Drosophila
  • Drosophila Proteins / metabolism*
  • Germ Cells / physiology*
  • Gonads / embryology*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Organogenesis / physiology*

Substances

  • Cadherins
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • foi protein, Drosophila