Muc5b is the major polymeric mucin in mucus from thoroughbred horses with and without airway mucus accumulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Rousseau, Karine ^a   Cardwell, Jacqueline M ^b   Humphrey, Emma ^c   Newton, Richard ^b   Knight, David ^a   Clegg, Peter ^a,c   Thornton, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MUCIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOBLET CELL; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCUS GLAND; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SUBMUCOSA; TRACHEA MUCUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCUS;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BACTERIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNE SERA; INFLAMMATION; MUCIN-5B; MUCINS; MUCUS;

EID: 79955929060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019678     Document Type: Article

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