Aberrant glycosylation/phosphorylation in chromatolytic motoneurons of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-209

  Chou, Samuel M ^a   Wang, Helen S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatolytic motor neurons (cMN); Lectin histochemistry; Neurofilament (NF); Neuron gila cell adhesion molecule (Ng CAM); O linked N acetylglucosamine (O GIcNAc); Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); Werdnig Hoffmann disease (WHD)

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROFILAMENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WERDNIG HOFFMANN DISEASE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LECTINS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD;

EID: 0030670844     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00161-5     Document Type: Article

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