Phenotypic analysis of mice deficient in the major myelin protein MOBP, and evidence for a novel Mobp isoform

GLIA

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 256-267

  Yool, D ^a   Montague, P ^a   McLaughlin, M ^a   McCulloch, M C ^a   Edgar, J M ^a   Nave, K A ^c   Davies, R W ^b   Griffiths, I R ^a,b   McCallion, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon; Gene knockout; Myelin basic protein; Oligodendrocyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036739258     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.10103     Document Type: Article

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