Walking on solid ground

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6097, 2012, Pages 924-925

  Dickey, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MUCIN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MUCUS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; LUNG; MACROMOLECULE; MICROVILLUS; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SECRETORY CELL; SHORT SURVEY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CILIA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUCINS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 84865278782     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1227091     Document Type: Short Survey

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