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Development changes in lipid composition of chick sciatic nerve myelin
Author(s) -
Oulton Margaret,
Mezei Catherine
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02544642
Subject(s) - cerebroside , sciatic nerve , myelin , lipidology , phospholipid , composition (language) , myelin sheath , sucrose , sphingomyelin , chemistry , clinical chemistry , centrifugation , biochemistry , anatomy , biology , endocrinology , central nervous system , cholesterol , linguistics , philosophy , membrane
Abstract Myelin isolated from the sciatic nerves of chicks by centrifugation on a discontinuous sucrose gradient was found to undergo marked changes in lipid composition during development from the 18 day embryonic to the adult stage, particularly in the phospholipid and cerebroside content. Significant changes in the content of individual phospholipids were also noted.