Nerves with and without Prohibitin (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

Nerves with and without Prohibitin

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In normal nerves (left), which have proteins called prohibitin axons have thick myelin coatings (black outlines). In contrast, nerves engineered to lack prohibitin in glial cells have axons with very thin myelin or none at all (right).

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M. Laura Feltri et al

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