Mucins in the mucosal barrier to infection

Mucosal Immunology - Tập 1 Số 3 - Trang 183-197 - 2008
Sara K. Lindén1, Philip Sutton2, Niclas G. Karlsson3, Victoria Korolik4, Michael A. McGuckin1
1Mucosal Diseases Program, Mater Medical Research Institute and The University of Queensland, Level 3 Aubigny Place, Mater Hospitals, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2Centre for Animal Biotechnology, School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
3Department of Chemistry, Centre for BioAnalytical Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
4Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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