title: Organogenesis: keeping in touch with the germ cells.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, M5S 3G5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. dgrodt@zoo.utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Godt
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tepass
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D006066:Gonads / Q000196:embryology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D038081:Organogenesis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C478568:foi protein, Drosophila