Reduced levels of a specific myelin-associated oligodendrocytic basic protein isoform in shiverer Myelin

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-42

  Montague, Paul ^a   Kirkham, Douglas ^a   McCallion, Andrew S ^b   Davies, R Wayne ^b   Kennedy, Peter G E ^b   Klugmann, Matthias ^b   Nave, Klaus Armin ^b   Griffiths, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Major dense line; Myelin compaction; Myelin associated obligodendrocytic basic protein; shiverer mouse

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033032769     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017364     Document Type: Article

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