A family of secreted mucins from the parasitic nematode Toxocara canis bears diverse mucin domains but shares similar flanking six-cysteine repeat motifs.

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Published in J Biol Chem on December 15, 2000

Authors

A Loukas1, M Hintz, D Linder, N P Mullin, J Parkinson, K K Tetteh, R M Maizels

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1: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, United Kingdom.

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