Structural studies on the glycoproteins from bovine cervical mucus
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Isolation and characterization of human cervical-mucus glycoproteins.
Mucus glycoproteins (mucins) were extracted from human cervical pregnancy mucus by 6 M-guanidinium chloride in the presence of proteinase inhibitors. Purification was subsequently achieved by isopycnic density-gradient centrifugation in CsCl/ guanidinium chloride gradients. The purified macromolecules represented approx. 85% of the total and were devoid of nucleic acids and proteins, as judged ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0264-6021
DOI: 10.1042/bj1730941