Rearrangement and reactivation of the myelin basic protein locus in myelin-deficient (mld) mouse brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 457-468

  Sun, Yilong ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Barbarese, Elisa ^a   Carson, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene rearrangement; Myelin basic protein; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031022163     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68020457.x     Document Type: Article

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