Chapter 13
Secreted Mucins: Covert Functions
Joseph Z. Zaretsky and Daniel H. Wreschner
Abstract
Functions that potentially can be performed by secreted mucins have been analyzed by bioinformatics using the Motifscan and Eukaryotic Linear Motif (ELM) tools and STRING 9.0 interaction network. A number of potentially important motifs were discovered and possible functional partners of the secreted mucin glycoproteins were predicted. A new role of galactin-3 in physiological transformation of the intestinal mucus gel layers is proposed.
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