Mucus glycoproteins and their role in colorectal disease

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-17

  Corfield, A P ^b   Warren, B F ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood group antigens; Colorectal cancer; Crohn's disease; Glycosyltransferases; Metabolic labelling; MUC genes; Mucin; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LECTIN;

COLORECTAL CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MUCINS;

EID: 0029861773     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199609)180:1<8::AID-PATH596>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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