The biochemical and molecular characterisation of respiratory mucins in TB

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-112). === The role of the dominant respiratory mucins (MUC5AC and MUC5B) and MUC2 has been investigated in chronic airway diseases as it is the mucin glycoprotein that confers upon mucus its biological, rheological and physicochemical properties. Within...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Govender, Ureshnie
Other Authors: Mall, Anwar
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3130