Muc5b and Muc5ac are the major oligomeric mucins in equine airway mucus

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Rousseau, Karine ^a   Kirkham, Sara ^a   McKane, Shaun ^b   Newton, Richard ^c   Clegg, Peter ^a,b   Thornton, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horses

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; GUANIDINE; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; OLIGOMER; TRYPSIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTROSPRAY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRACHEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCINS; MUCUS; TRACHEA;

EID: 34447521925     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00444.2006     Document Type: Article

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