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Myelin-associated oligodendrocytic basic protein is essential for normal arrangement of the radial component in central nervous system myelin.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Mar 1999
Yamamoto Y, Yoshikawa H, Nagano S, Kondoh G, Sadahiro S, Gotow T, Yanagihara T, Sakoda S
Abstract excerpt
We previously reported that myelin-associated oligodendrocytic basic protein (MOBP) was abundantly expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) myelin, and shared several characteristics with myelin basic protein (MBP). In particular, a cluster of positively charged amino acids was considered to facilitate compaction of the cytoplasmic face of the myelin sheath, as in the case of MBP. However, the contribution...
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