Gel-forming and cell-associated mucins: Preparation for structural and functional studies

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 842, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-47

  Davies, Julia R ^a   Wickström, Claes ^a   Thornton, David J ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agarose gel electrophoresis; Anion exchange chromatography; Density gradient centrifugation; Gel filtration chromatography; Guanidinium chloride; Mucin; Mucin extraction; Mucin purification

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GELS; HUMANS; MUCINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84856347243     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-513-8_2     Document Type: Article

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