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Galactocerebroside Expression by Non-Myelin Forming Schwann Cells

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Glial-Neuronal Communication in Development and Regeneration

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Abstract

Glycolipids have been heavily implicated in specific intercellular communication and membrane signalling events in a variety of systems (7, 9). Within the nervous system, however, it has in most cases proved difficult to implicate a defined glycolipid in a specific type of cellular interaction. One of the outstanding exceptions to this is seen in one of the simplest of all glycolipids, galactocerebroside, which is currently held to have an exclusive role in the membrane wrapping events unique to myelination.

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Jessen, K.R., Mirsky, R. (1987). Galactocerebroside Expression by Non-Myelin Forming Schwann Cells. In: Althaus, H.H., Seifert, W. (eds) Glial-Neuronal Communication in Development and Regeneration. NATO ASI Series, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71381-1_42

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