New insights on the biology of myelin basic protein gene: The neural- immune connection

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-159

  Givogri, Maria I ^a   Bongarzone, Ernesto R ^a   Campagnoni, Anthony T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Immune system; Immunologic tolerance; Myelin; Neurons; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 0034650979     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000115)59:2<153::AID-JNR1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Short Survey

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