Coats the epithelia of the intestines, airways, and other mucus mbrane-containing organs. Thought to provide a protective, lubricating barrier against particles and infectious agents at mucosal surfaces. Major constituent of both the inner and outer mucus layers of the colon and may play a role in excluding bacteria from the inner mucus layer.
In vivo glycosylation of mucin tandem repeats.Silverman H.S., Parry S., Sutton-Smith M., Burdick M.D., McDermott K., Reid C.J., Batra S.K., Morris H.R., Hollingsworth M.A., Dell A., Harris A.Glycobiology 11:459-471(2001)
Research Topic:Signal Transduction