Gap junction protein 12: “Connexing” the pieces in the puzzle of myelination and leukodystrophy

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 744-745

  Mar, Soe ^a   Noetzel, Michael J ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJA12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; PLP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; CELL JUNCTION; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NOTE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ASTROCYTES; CHILD; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYELIN PROTEINS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 41649114232     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000304252.66303.23     Document Type: Editorial

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