General Notes
Mouse anti Human Mucin 5AC antibody, clone 1-13M1 recognizes the peptide core of gastric mucin, also known as Mucin-5AC, Lewis B blood group antigen, Major airway glycoprotein or Tracheobronchial mucin.Mucins are high molecular weight glycoproteins found predominantly in the secretions of mucus membranes, protecting them from infection or chemical damage. Gastric Mucin 5AC antigen is found in columnar mucus cells of surface gastric epithelium and in goblet cells of the fetal and precancerous colon but not in normal colon. Resurgence of gastric mucin during colonic carcinogenesis is suggestive of either re-expression of the peptide core of gastric mucin in the adult colon or due to changes in the glycosylation pattern of mucin, which expose the hidden Mucin 5AC antigen. Mouse anti Human Mucin 5AC antibody, clone 1-13M1 has not been cross-adsorbed and may react with related peptides from other species.