- membrane, most
mucins are
secreted as prin****l
components of
mucus by
mucous membranes or are
secreted to
become a
component of saliva.
Human mucins include...
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epithelial cells that
secrete gel-forming
mucins, like
mucin 2 in the
lower gastrointestinal tract, and
mucin 5AC in the
respiratory tract. The goblet...
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immunoglobulins (especially IgA), and
glycoproteins such as
lactoferrin and
mucins,
which are
produced by
goblet cells in the
mucous membranes and submucosal...
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domains are both
entirely extracellular and
highly O-glycosylated. All
mucins contain a
tandem repeat domain that has
repeating amino acid
sequences high...
- gene and by the Muc5b gene in the mouse. It is one of the five gel-forming
mucins. MUC-5B can be
found in
whole saliva,
normal lung mucus, and
cervical mucus...
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Mucin-4 (MUC-4) is a
mucin protein that in
humans is
encoded by the MUC4 gene. Like
other mucins, MUC-4 is a high-molecular
weight glycoprotein. The major...
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Mucin-1 (MUC-1) is a
heterodimer transmembrane protein of the
mucin family encoded in
humans by the MUC1 gene. It is
cleaved into two chains:
mucin-1...
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Mucin-17 is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the MUC17 gene.
Membrane mucins, such as MUC17,
function in
epithelial cells to
provide cytoprotection...
- Medicine. "Entrez Gene: MUC6
mucin 6,
oligomeric mucus/gel-forming".
Monges GM, Mathoulin-Portier MP (2005). "Role of
Mucins in
Pancreatic Carcinoma". Handbook...
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muciniphila is a
human intestinal symbiont,
isolated from
human ****. It is a
mucin-degrading
bacterium belonging to the
genus Akkermansia,
discovered in 2004...
