Absence of the myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and the neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) interferes with the maintenance, but not with the formation of peripheral myelin

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-9

  Carenini, Stefano ^a   Montag, Dirk ^a   Cremer, Harold ^b   Schachner, Melitta ^a   Martini, Rudolf ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Knock out; Mouse (N CAM , MAG ); Peripheral nerve; Redundancy; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL;

EID: 0031022558     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050727     Document Type: Article

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