The role of the gap junction protein connexin32 in the pathogenesis of X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 219, Issue , 1999, Pages 175-187

  Scherer, Steven S ^a   Bone, Linda Jo ^a   Deschênes, Suzanne M ^a   Abel, Annette ^a   Balice Gordon, Rita J ^a   Fischbeck, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MYELIN SHEATH; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MYELIN SHEATH; X CHROMOSOME;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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