A history of proteolipids: A personal memoir

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-271

  Lees, Marjorie B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; Myelin; Myelin proteolipid protein; Non myelin proteolipid; Plasmolipin

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PROTEOLIPIDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032011867     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022488912996     Document Type: Article

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