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    Mucins (/ˈmjuːsɪn/) are a family of high molecular weight, heavily glycosylated proteins (glycoconjugates) produced by epithelial tissues in most animals...
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    Mučín (Hungarian: Mucsény) is a village and municipality in the Lučenec District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. Media related to Mučín at Wikimedia...
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    Mucin-5AC (MUC-5AC) is a protein that is encoded by the MUC5AC gene in humans. MUC-5AC is a large gel-forming glycoprotein. In the respiratory tract,...
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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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    a member of the mucin protein family. The protein encoded by this gene, also called mucin 2, is secreted onto mucosal surfaces. Mucin 2 is particularly...
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    (2016-10-21). "Miocénna flóra z lokalít Kalonda a Mučín" [Miocene flora from the localities Kalonda and Mučín]. Acta Geologica Slovaca (in Slovak). 1 (1):...
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    Mucin-16 (MUC-16) also known as Ovarian cancer-related tumor marker CA125 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC16 gene. MUC-16 is a member...
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    Mucin-5B (MUC-5B) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC5B gene and by the Muc5b gene in the mouse. It is one of the five gel-forming mucins...
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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 3A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC3A gene. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000169894 – Ensembl, May 2017 GRCm38: Ensembl release...
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    Bovine submaxillary mucin (BSM) coatings are a surface treatment provided to biomaterials intended to reduce the growth of disadvantageous bacteria and...
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    Mucin short variant S1, also called polymorphic epithelial mucin (PEM) or epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), is a mucin encoded by the MUC1 gene in humans...
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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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    Mucin 6, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming, also known as MUC6, is a human gene encoding a protein of the same name. MUC6, along with MUC2, MUC5AC, and MUC5B...
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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...
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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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    Mucin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC7 gene. In animals, the MUC7 gene is found in most placental mammals, but not marsupials. Humans...
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    essential nutrients that help maintain mucous membranes. Alkaline mucus Mucin Mucociliary clearance Mucocutaneous boundary Mucosal immunology Mucosal-associated...
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    muciniphila is a human intestinal symbiont, isolated from human feces. It is a mucin-degrading bacterium belonging to the genus Akkermansia, discovered in 2004...
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  • mucin; Neo-Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective muciniphila, mucin-loving)...
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    Ranulae present as a swelling of connective tissue consisting of collected mucin from a ruptured salivary gland caused by local trauma. If small and asymptomatic...
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    Mucin-20 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC20 gene. ENSG00000281630, ENSG00000277753, ENSG00000275501, ENSG00000275430, ENSG00000276583...
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    mucin-rich type and goblet cell-rich type. A mucin-poor type with eosinophilic cytoplasm, which is rare, was previously described. However, the mucin...
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    other pests. The mucin is an approximately four-percent aqueous solution of an acidic polysaccharide, with a pH of around 4. The mucin secretions of Drosera...
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    sediments consist of cholesterol crystals, calcium salts, calcium bilirubinate, mucin, and other materials. Biliary sludge may cause complications such as biliary...
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    mammals. Tears are made up of water, electrolytes, proteins, lipids, and mucins that form layers on the surface of eyes. The different types of tears—basal...
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    October 2016). "Miocénna flóra z lokalít Kalonda a Mučín" [Miocene flora from the localities Kalonda and Mučín]. Acta Geologica Slovaca (in Slovak). 1 (1):...
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    binding adhesin) is important in persistence. BabA attaches to glycans and mucins in the epithelium. BabA (coded for by the babA2 gene) also binds to the...
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    Abanses, J. C.; Arima, S; Rubin, B. K. (2009). "Vicks Vapo Rub induces mucin secretion, decreases ciliary beat frequency, and increases tracheal mucus...
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    which secrete mucin to form mucus. The rest of the cell is made up of cytoplasm with membrane bound secretory granules which secrete the mucin, and are found...
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