## Abstract Peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) is a tetraspan glycoprotein whose misexpression is associated with a family of hereditary peripheral neuropathies. In a recent report, we have characterized a novel PMP22βdeficient mouse model in which the first two coding exons were replaced by the
Localization and functional roles of PMP22 in peripheral nerves of P0-deficient mice
β Scribed by Stefano Carenini; Dirk Neuberg; Melitta Schachner; Ueli Suter; Rudolf Martini
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 811 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-1491
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