Myelin-associated glycoprotein

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myelin associated glycoprotein
Identifiers
Symbol	MAG
Alt. Symbols	GMA
Entrez	4099
HUGO	6783
OMIM	159460
RefSeq	NM_080600
UniProt	P20916
Other data
Locus	Chr. 19 q13.1

Myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG, Siglec-4) is a cell membrane glycoprotein that is a member of the SIGLEC family of proteins and is a functional ligand of a receptor called NOGO-66. MAG is believed to be involved in myelination during nerve regeneration.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Myelin

[edit] External links

• MeSH Myelin-associated+glycoprotein

[edit] References

1. ^ Barton D, Arquint M, Roder J, Dunn R, Francke U (1987). "The myelin-associated glycoprotein gene: mapping to human chromosome 19 and mouse chromosome 7 and expression in quivering mice". Genomics 1 (2): 107–12. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(87)90002-4. PMID 2447011. 

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