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. 1969 Dec;115(5):1051–1062. doi: 10.1042/bj1151051

Enzyme activity and composition of myelin and subcellular fractions in the developing rat brain

N L Banik 1, A N Davison 1
PMCID: PMC1185247  PMID: 4243351

Abstract

1. Subcellular fractions and myelin were isolated from developing and adult rat brain. 2. Measurements of chemical composition and enzyme activities indicate the presence of a second myelin-like fraction mainly in the brain of developing rats. 3. This membrane fraction has a different lipid composition from myelin, but resembles myelin in its content of phosphohydrolase and aminopeptidase activity. 4. It is suggested that the second myelin-like fraction may be a submicrosomal contaminant or it may be derived from oligodendroglial plasma membrane during myelinogenesis.

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