AGR2, an endoplasmic reticulum protein, is secreted into the gastrointestinal mucus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Bergström, Joakim H ^a   Berg, Katarina A ^a   Rodríguez Piñeiro, Ana M ^a   Stecher, Bärbel ^b   Johansson, Malin E V ^a   Hansson, Gunnar C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARG2 PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; MUCIN 2; PROTEIN CLCA1; PROTEIN FCGBP; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AGR2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MUCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOMACH MUCUS; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; MUCUS; SECRETION (PROCESS);

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; MICE; MUCOPROTEINS; MUCUS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEINS;

EID: 84905842355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104186     Document Type: Article

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