Coral mucus: The properties of its constituent mucins

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 883-888

  Jatkar, Amita A ^a   Brown, Barbara E ^a   Bythell, John C ^a   Guppy, Reia ^a   Morris, Nicholas J ^b   Pearson, Jeffery P ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMING PROPERTIES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LIMITED INFORMATION; MUCUS-GEL; ORAL CAVITY; RHEOLOGICAL METHOD;

GELS; GLYCOPROTEINS;

BODY FLUIDS;

GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCIN; PROTEASOME;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORAL; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; GELATION; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VERTEBRATE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GELS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MUCINS; MUCUS; RHEOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950846617     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm9012106     Document Type: Article

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