Mucin 5AC
"Mucin 5AC" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A gel-forming mucin that is primarily found on the surface of gastric epithelium and in the RESPIRATORY TRACT. Mucin 5AC was originally identified as two distinct proteins, however a single gene encodes the protein which gives rise to the mucin 5A and mucin 5C variants.
| Descriptor ID |
D055271
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.395.560.631.100.500
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