Definition of "mucin" []

• Any of a group of glycoproteins found especially in the secretions of mucous membranes. (noun)

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• "The glands which had been in contact with the mucin were a little darkened."
• "The treatment is good for patients with only specific cancers, like mesothelioma, appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonea a rare cancer in the abdominal cavity that produces proteins called mucin, as well as some patients with colon cancer, according to UCSD."
• "Kim 2002 Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellin as an adhesin for Muc1 mucin."