The MUC6 secretory mucin gene is expressed in a wide variety of epithelial tissues

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 398-405

  Bartman, Allen E ^a   Buisine, Marie Pierre ^b   Aubert, Jean Pierre ^b   Niehans, Gloria A ^a   Toribara, Neil W ^c   Kim, Young S ^c   Kelly, Eric J ^d   Crabtree, Jean E ^d   Ho, Samuel B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial tissues; Glycoproteins; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Morphogenesis; MUC6; Mucins

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BRUNNER GLAND; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINAL VESICLE; STOMACH MUCOSA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MUCINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RNA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032431365     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199812)186:4<398::AID-PATH192>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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