This gene encodes a major structural protein of peripheral myelin. Mutations in this gene result in the autosomal dominant form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 and other polyneuropathies. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2010].
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Hayasaka, Ohnishi, Takada, Fukushima, Murai: "Mutation of the myelin P0 gene in Charcot-Marie-tooth neuropathy type 1." in: Biochemical and biophysical research communications, Vol. 194, Issue 3, pp. 1317-22, (1993) (PubMed).
Hayasaka, Nanao, Tahara, Sato, Takada, Miura, Uyemura: "Isolation and sequence determination of cDNA encoding the major structural protein of human peripheral myelin." in: Biochemical and biophysical research communications, Vol. 180, Issue 2, pp. 515-8, (1991) (PubMed).
Aliases for MPZ Proteins
myelin protein zero (MPZ) Proteins myelin protein zero (Mpz) Proteins myelin protein zero (mpz) Proteins myelin protein zero S homeolog (mpz.S) Proteins CHM Proteins CMT1 Proteins CMT1B Proteins CMT2I Proteins CMT2J Proteins CMT4E Proteins CMTDI3 Proteins CMTDID Proteins DSS Proteins HMSNIB Proteins MPP Proteins Mpp Proteins P-zero Proteins P0 Proteins p0 Proteins sc:d0186 Proteins wu:fc04b11 Proteins wu:fi30g06 Proteins zgc:103775 Proteins