Adhesive properties of proteolipid protein are responsible for the compaction of CNS myelin sheaths

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 5502-5513

  Boison, Detlev ^a,d   Büssow, Heinrich ^b   D'Urso, Donatella ^c   Müller, Hans Werner ^c   Stoffel, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Neurologische Klinik   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CNS myelin sheath; confocal microscopy; gene targeting; myelin compaction; proteolipid protein (PLP); transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0029127508     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-08-05502.1995     Document Type: Article

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