The MUC2 gene product: A human intestinal mucin

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 797-801

  Allen, Adrian ^a   Hutton, David A ^a   Pearson, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MUCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCUS SECRETION; POLYMERIZATION; TANDEM REPEAT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032126408     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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