Multiple functions of the myelin-associated glycoprotein MAG (siglec-4a) in formation and maintenance of myelin

GLIA

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-165

  Schachner, Melitta ^a   Bartsch, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

MAG isoforms; Myelin formation; Myelin maintenance; Myelin associated glycoprotein; Null mutant; Siglec 4a

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYELIN SHEATH; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034651036     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(20000115)29:2<154::AID-GLIA9>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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