Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Myelinating Schwann cells ensheath multiple axons in the absence of E3 ligase component Fbxw7

  • Breanne L. Harty,
  • Fernanda Coelho,
  • Sarah E. Pease-Raissi,
  • Amit Mogha,
  • Sarah D. Ackerman,
  • Amy L. Herbert,
  • Robert W. Gereau,
  • Judith P. Golden,
  • David A. Lyons,
  • Jonah R. Chan,
  • Kelly R. Monk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10881-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The authors find that deletion from Schwann cells of an E3 ubiquitin ligase component called Fbxw7 leads to a phenotype reminiscent of myelination in the central nervous system where a single oligodendrocyte ensheaths multiple axons.