Formation and maintenance of the myelin sheath in the peripheral nerve: Roles of cell adhesion molecules and the gap junction protein connexin 32

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 403-415

  Martini, Rudolf ^a,b   Carenini, Stefano ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Myelin sheath; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

CAMS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; MAMMALS; MOLECULES; PROTEINS;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; GAP JUNCTION PROTEINS; GAP-JUNCTIONS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MYELIN SHEATHS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SINGLE MUTANT; VITRO STUDIES;

MAINTENANCE;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032101852     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980601)41:5<403::AID-JEMT7>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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