Wallerian degeneration of injured axons and synapses is delayed by a Ube4b/Nmnat chimeric gene

Till G.A. Mack; Michael Reiner; Bogdan Beirowski; Weiqian Mi; Monica Emanuelli; Diana Wagner; Derek Thomson; Tom Gillingwater; Felipe Court; Laura Conforti; F. Shama Fernando; Andrea Tarlton; Christian Andressen; Klaus Addicks; Giulio Magni; Richard R. Ribchester; V. Hugh Perry; Michael P. Coleman

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journal article Nov 19, 2001

Wallerian degeneration of injured axons and synapses is delayed by a Ube4b/Nmnat chimeric gene

Till G.A. Mack Michael Reiner

Bogdan Beirowski

Weiqian Mi Monica Emanuelli Diana Wagner Derek Thomson Tom Gillingwater Felipe Court Laura Conforti F. Shama Fernando Andrea Tarlton Christian Andressen Klaus Addicks Giulio Magni Richard R. Ribchester V. Hugh Perry Michael P. Coleman

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Till G.A. Mack, Michael Reiner, Bogdan Beirowski, et al. (2001). Wallerian degeneration of injured axons and synapses is delayed by a Ube4b/Nmnat chimeric gene. Nature Neuroscience, 4(12), 1199-1206. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn770

Wallerian degeneration of injured axons and synapses is delayed by a Ube4b/Nmnat chimeric gene

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