Salivary mucin MG1 is comprised almost entirely of different glycosylated forms of the MUC5B gene product

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-302

  Thornton, David J ^d   Khan, Nagma ^a   Mehrotra, Ravi ^a   Howard, Marj ^a   Veerman, Enno ^b   Packer, Nicolle H ^c   Sheehan, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

MUC5B; Mucin; Saliva; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOSACCHARIDE; MUCIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SALIVA;

EID: 0033023581     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.3.293     Document Type: Article

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