| Description |
1 online resource (969 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- The Editor -- Table of Contents -- Section I: Myelin Structure and Components -- Chapter 1 Organization, Phylogenetic Variations, and Dynamic Transitions of Myelin -- Section II: Cell Biology of Myelination -- Chapter 2 The Oligodendrocyte Lineage during Myelination and Remyelination -- Chapter 3 The Cell of Schwann: An Update -- Chapter 4 Axonal Contact as a Determinant of Oligodendrocyte and Schwann Cell Function -- Section III: Myelin Lipids -- Chapter 5 Interactions of Lipids with Proteins of Myelin and its Associated Cytoskeleton |
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Chapter 6 Synthesis and Turnover of Myelin Phospholipids and Cholesterol -- Section IV: Structure and Molecular Biology of the Major Myelin Proteins -- Chapter 7 Structure and Acylation of Proteolipid Protein -- Chapter 8 The Myelin Proteolipid Protein Gene and its Expression -- Chapter 9 Structure and Molecular Interactions of Myelin Basic Protein and its Antigenic Peptides -- Chapter 10 Molecular Genetics of Myelin Basic Protein -- Chapter 11 Myelin Basic Protein Isoforms: Structural and Evolutionary Implications of Alternative Exon Splicing |
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Chapter 12 Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein: Structure-Function Relationships and Involvement in Neurological Diseases -- Chapter 13 2',3'-Cyclic Nucleotide 3'-Phosphodiesterase: Molecular Characterization and Possible Functional Significance -- Chapter 14 Structure and Molecular Biology of P0 Protein -- Chapter 15 Myelin P2, a Neuritogenic Member of the Family of Cytoplasmic Lipid-Binding Proteins -- Section V: Myelin-Associated Enzymes, Receptors, and Mitogens -- Chapter 16 Enzymes and Receptors of Myelin -- Chapter 17 Calcium-Activated Neutral Proteinase in Myelin: its Role and Function |
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Chapter 18 Degradation of Myelin Proteins by Proteinases -- Chapter 19 A Mitogenic Factor Derived from the Myelin Membrane -- Section VI: Myelin Mutants -- Chapter 20 Phenotypic Expression of X-Linked Genetic Defects Affecting Myelination -- Chapter 21 Amino Acid Substitutions in Proteolipid Protein that Cause Dysmyelination -- Chapter 22 Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease: X-Linked Proteolipid Protein Deficiency in the Human Central Nervous System -- Chapter 23 Shiverer and Allelic Mutant MLD Mice -- Chapter 24 The Twitcher Mouse: a Model of Human Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy (Krabbe Disease) |
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Chapter 25 Chimeras in the Study of Disorders of Myelination -- Chapter 26 Transgenic Mice in Myelin in Research -- Section VII: Demyelination -- Chapter 27 Strain and Species Differences of Encephalitogenic Determinants of Myelin Basic Protein and Proteolipid Apoprotein -- Chapter 28 The Complement System in Demyelination -- Chapter 29 Human T-Cell Recognition of Myelin Basic Protein Peptides -- Chapter 30 Chronic Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis as a Model of Multiple Sclerosis -- Chapter 31 Virus-Induced Demyelination -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351429375 |
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135142937X |
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