Molecular bases of myelin formation as revealed by investigations on mice deficient in glial cell surface molecules

GLIA

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 298-310

  Martini, Rudolf ^a,b   Schachner, Melitta ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

differentiation; functional compensation; null mutants; oligodendrocyte; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PMP22 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; GLIA; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN P0 PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEINS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 0031128105     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199704)19:4<298::AID-GLIA3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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