Article
Formation and maintenance of the myelin sheath in the peripheral nerve: roles of cell adhesion molecules and the gap junction protein connexin 32.
Microscopy research and technique - 1 Jun 1998
Martini R, Carenini S
Abstract excerpt
Based on previous in vitro studies, the cell adhesion molecules L1, N-CAM, MAG, and P0, which all belong to the immunoglobulin (Ig)-superfamily, have been suggested to mediate myelin formation in the peripheral nervous system. Unexpectedly, studies in mice deficient for the corresponding molecule...
Topics
- Animals
- Connexins
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Mutation
- Myelin Sheath
- Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein
- Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules
- Peripheral Nerves
- Schwann Cells
- Time Factors
- Gap Junction beta-1 Protein