Ultrastructural localization of salivary mucins MUC5B and MUC7 in human labial glands

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-18

  Piras, Monica ^a   Hand, Arthur R ^b   Tore, Giorgio ^c   Ledda, Gian Peppino ^c   Piludu, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Territorial Department of Nephrology and Dialysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Human; Mucins; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

MUC5B PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUC7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUCIN; MUCIN 5B; SALIVA PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP; MIDDLE AGED; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; MOUTH MUCOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCIN-5B; MUCINS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES;

EID: 77149170830     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2009.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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