1 Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, 920 East 58(th) Street, Chicago, IL 60653, USA.
2 Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, 920 East 58(th) Street, Chicago, IL 60653, USA. Electronic address: shorne@uchicago.edu.
A new study upends the clear distinction between cell-cell adhesion and cell-matrix adhesion by showing that type IV collagen is essential for inter-adipocyte adhesion in the Drosophila fat body.