Proteolipid protein gene: Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease in humans and neurodegeneration in mice

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Woodward, K ^a   Malcolm, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYELINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032917262     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01716-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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