title: Axon myelination. Myelination without myelin-associated glycoprotein.
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.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, California 94305-5401.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer-Franke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barres
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000502:physiology; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein; D009420:Nervous System / Q000254:growth & development; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009185:Myelin Proteins; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein