Mucin genes and the proteins they encode: structure, diversity, and regulation.

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Mucins are the structural components of the mucus gels that protect the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and reproductive tracts. These polydisperse glycoproteins (250,000 to 20,000,000 D) are approximately 80% carbohydrate on a mass basis and have a high intrinsic viscosity due to their large size and extreme hydrophilicity. Mucin oligosaccharides, the structures responsible for this hydrophilicity, are...

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