Fluorescent myelin proteins provide new tools to study the myelination process

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 697-703

  Pedraza, Liliana ^a   Colman, David R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Myelin proteins; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; JELLYFISH; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL;

AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYELIN PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 0034660093     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4547(20000615)60:6<697::AID-JNR1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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