Mucus supramolecular topology: An elusive riddle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 44, 2012, Pages

  Verdugo, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL BOND; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; LETTER; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; GELS; MUCIN-2;

EID: 84868132795     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211117109     Document Type: Letter

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