Article
Adhesion molecules and inherited diseases of the human nervous system.
Annual review of neuroscience - 1 Jan 1998
Kamiguchi H, Hlavin M L, Yamasaki M, Lemmon V
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the human genes for the adhesion molecules Po, L1, and merosin cause severe abnormalities in nervous system development. Po and merosin are required for normal myelination in the nervous system, and L1 is essential for development of major axon pathways such as the corticospinal trac...
Topics
- Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal
- Humans
- Mutation
- Nervous System Diseases