Myelin-associated glycoprotein
Appearance
myelin associated glycoprotein | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Symbol | MAG | ||||||
Alt. symbols | GMA | ||||||
NCBI gene | 4099 | ||||||
HGNC | 6783 | ||||||
OMIM | 159460 | ||||||
RefSeq | NM_080600 | ||||||
UniProt | P20916 | ||||||
Other data | |||||||
Locus | Chr. 19 q13.1 | ||||||
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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 the NOGO-66 receptor, NgR.[5] MAG is believed to be involved in myelination during nerve regeneration.[6]
See also
External links
- Myelin-associated+glycoprotein at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
References
- ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000105695 – Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000036634 – Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ Quarles RH (2007). "Myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG): past, present and beyond". Journal of Neurochemistry. 100 (6): 1431–48. doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04319.x. PMID 17241126.
- ^ 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.