Linear Mucin (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Linear Mucin

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This is an electron microscopy of a linear mucin responsible for keeping mucus at proper thickness and stickiness.

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M. Kesimer/J. Griffith, UNC School of Medicine

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