Concentrated solutions of salivary MUC5B mucin do not replicate the gel-forming properties of saliva

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 362, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 289-296

  Raynal, Bertrand D E ^a   Hardingham, Timothy E ^a   Thornton, David J ^a   Sheehan, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal FRAP; Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; Mucus

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORESCENCE; GELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

MICROSPHERE; MUCIN; MUCIN 5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALIVA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DIFFUSION; GELS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SALIVA;

EID: 0036499905     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3620289     Document Type: Article

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