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Genetic polymorphism of MUC7: allele frequencies and association with asthma.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 May 2001
Kirkbride H J, Bolscher J G, Nazmi K, Vinall L E, Nash M W, Moss F M, Mitchell D M, Swallow D M
Abstract excerpt
MUC7 encodes a small salivary mucin, previously called MG2, a glycoprotein with a putative role in facilitating the clearance of oral bacteria. The central domain of this glycoprotein was previously shown to comprise five or six tandemly repeated units of 23 amino-acids which carry most of the O-linked glycans. The polymorphism of these two allelic forms (MUC7*5 or MUC7*6) has been confirmed in this study in...
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