Birth of mucus

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Quinton, Paul M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; MUCIN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

AMNION FLUID; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MUCUS; MUCUS SECRETION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FETUS; HUMANS; MUCINS; MUCUS;

EID: 73649115308     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00358.2009     Document Type: Editorial

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