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Review
. 1994 Sep 1;4(9):847-50.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00190-1.

Axon myelination. Myelination without myelin-associated glycoprotein

A Meyer-Franke  1 , B Barres
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Review

Axon myelination. Myelination without myelin-associated glycoprotein

A Meyer-Franke et al. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

Mice lacking myelin-associated glycoprotein surprisingly myelinate almost normally but their oligodendrocytes have lost their periaxonal cytoplasmic 'collars' and accidentally myelinate already-myelinated axons.

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