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Plasmolipin: The other myelin proteolipid. A review of studies on its structure, expression, and function

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Abbreviations

CNPase:

cyclic nucleotide phosphohydrolase

MAG:

myclin associated glycoprotein

MAP-1B:

microtubule associated protein 1B

MBP:

myelin basic protein

hsp-70:

the 70 kD heat shock protein

Na+ :

K+ ATPase, sodium and potassium-stimulated adenosinetriphosphatase

PLP:

proteolipid protein

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 3200 Henry Ave, 19129, Philadelphia, PA

    Itzhak Fischer

  2. Division of Neurobiology, N.S. Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY

    Robert Durrie & Victor S. Sapirstein

  3. Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

    Robert Durrie & Victor S. Sapirstein

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Fischer, I., Durrie, R. & Sapirstein, V.S. Plasmolipin: The other myelin proteolipid. A review of studies on its structure, expression, and function. Neurochem Res 19, 959–966 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00968705

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