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- noun Plural form of
mucin .
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Examples
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Muc4 is member of a group of proteins called mucins, which have a known role in protecting epithelial cells, from where breast cancer cells are derived.
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Muc4 is member of a group of proteins called mucins, which have a known role in protecting epithelial cells, from where breast cancer cells are derived.
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Michael Longenecker, the Canadian immunologist who developed the compound, has spent the past dozen years studying cellular structures called mucins.
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Researchers learned in the late '60s that the mucins on cancer cells are deformed. instead of abundant branches, they sport stubby, irregular twigs (chart).
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This is either an example of convergent evolution or the genes encoding for halomucin and animal mucins are the descendants of some very old ancestral gene that encoded a similar protein.
Archive 2006-11-01 AYDIN 2006
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The glycoproteins that were the focus of this study are called mucins.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The glycoproteins that were the focus of this study are called mucins.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The glycoproteins that were the focus of this study are called mucins.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Brown attaches to particular proteins called acid mucins, while carmine dyes cell starches red and crystal violet applies a purple coloring to cell walls.
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Tumors have been found to produce different types and amounts of mucins compared with normal cells and to produce mucins that have altered sugar groups.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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