Schwann cell myelination occurred without basal lamina formation in laminin α2 chain-null mutant (dy3K/dy3K) mice

GLIA

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-110

  Yu, Albert Cheung Hoi ^a,b   Wong, Hon Kit ^b   Yung, Hong Wa ^b   Lau, Lok Ting ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Knockout mouse; Laminin M chain; Merosin; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

LAMA4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LAMININ; LAMININ ALPHA2; LAMININ ALPHA5;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL ROOT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0034882140     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.1075     Document Type: Article

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