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Preferred term

Mucin-4  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A transmembrane mucin that is found in a broad variety of epithelial tissue. Mucin-4 may play a role in regulating cellular adhesion and in cell surface signaling from the ERBB-2 RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE. Mucin-4 is a heterodimer of alpha and beta chains. The alpha and beta chains result from the proteolytic cleavage of a precursor protein.

In other languages

  • French

  • Protéine MUC-4
  • Protéine MUC4

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MRZHSG15-F

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