00821nas a2200205 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007000043653001900113653001200132653001000144653001000154100001100164700001200175245014200187300001200329490000800341520025200349022001400601 2010 d c07/2010bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover10ahistochemistry10atrachea10amucin10aquail1 aE Alan1 aN Liman00aHistochemical profiles of mucins in the tracheal epithelium during the posthatching period of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) a314-3240 v1233 aMucus normally protects the airway epithelium from dehydration and inhaledinfectious agents and possibly toxic substances. Two components of mucus,mucin and water play major roles in the elimination of inhaled foreign material.Mucins are large ... a0005-9366