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Mucins (MUCs)

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MUCIN 1: MUC1; Transmembrane mucin 1; Mucin-1; Muc1; Polymorphic epithelial mucin (PEM); Peanut-lectin binding urinary mucin (PUM); Episialin; MAM-6; DF3 antigen; H23 antigen; Epithelial membrane antigen (EMA); H23AG; Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6); Episialin; Polymorphic epithelial mucin (PEM); Cell membrane-associated polymorphic mucin; Tumor-associated epithelial membrane antigen; Tumor-associated mucin; MUC1/TR; MUC1 apo-mucin; Mammary serum antigen (MSA); Human milk fat globule antigen (HMFG); CAM 123-6; Polymorphic urinary mucin (PUM); Peanut-reactive urinary mucin

MUCIN 4:MUC4; Muc4; Ascites sialoglycoprotein-1 (ASGP-1)

MUCIN 16: MUC16; Mucin 16; Muc16; CA-125

MUCIN 17: Mucin-17; Membrane mucin 17; Muc3; Intestinal membrane mucin 17; Secreted mucin 17

Historical Background

The word “mucin” originated from the Greek word “slimy”and denotes the glycoproteins of the mucosal lining of epithelial cells. By the 1980s, mucins were found to be an important molecule present in...

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Rahat Jahan, Sukhwinder Kaur, Muzafar A. Macha & Surinder K. Batra

  2. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Muzafar A. Macha

  3. Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Surinder K. Batra

  4. Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Surinder K. Batra

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Jahan, R., Kaur, S., Macha, M.A., Batra, S.K. (2018). Mucins (MUCs). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101739

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