mucid
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When intelectin-2 attaches to these mucins, it links them together and strengthens the mucus barrier that protects the intestinal lining.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
This sugar is commonly found in mucins, the molecules that form mucus.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
Omicron, too, may interact with mucins differently from earlier variants, which could explain why it prefers to park in the upper respiratory tract rather than deep in in the lung, causing milder disease.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 4, 2022
Some of these microbes latch onto the gut wall, where they “eat” the sugar-protein combos called mucins that line it.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 10, 2019
The mucins and mucoids belong to this group; they are acid and contain no phosphorus; they give the albumin colour reactions but are not coagulated by heat.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
