MUC1: The polymorphic appearance of a human mucin

Glycobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 439-449

  Hanisch, Franz Georg ^a   Müller, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; MUC1; Mucin; O glycosylation; Tumor antigen

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; MUCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; CANCER; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0343570538     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/10.5.439     Document Type: Review

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