Pathogenesis of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: Differential Effects of Two Mutations in Connexin 32

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 10548-10558

  Abrams, Charles K ^a   Freidin, Mona ^a   Bukauskas, Feliksas ^a   Dobrenis, Kostantin ^a   Bargiello, Thaddeus A ^a   Verselis, Vytas K ^a   Bennett, Michael V L ^a   Chen, Lei ^b   Sahenk, Zarife ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Connexin 32; Myelin regeneration; Peripheral neuropathy; Xenograft myelin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CONNEXIN 32; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MYELIN; VALINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; SCHWANN CELL; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; XENOGRAFT; XENOPUS;

EID: 0344011455     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-33-10548.2003     Document Type: Article

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