Defective myelin lipid synthesis as a pathogenic mechanism of Canavan disease

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2006:576:145-63; discussion 361-3. doi: 10.1007/0-387-30172-0_10.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acetates / metabolism
  • Acetyltransferases / genetics
  • Acetyltransferases / metabolism
  • Amidohydrolases / genetics
  • Amidohydrolases / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Aspartic Acid / metabolism
  • Canavan Disease / metabolism
  • Canavan Disease / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Lipid Metabolism*
  • Myelin Sheath* / chemistry
  • Myelin Sheath* / metabolism

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Aspartic Acid
  • N-acetylaspartate
  • Acetyltransferases
  • aspartate N-acetyltransferase
  • Amidohydrolases
  • aspartoacylase