Localization and Molecular Size of Mucin2 Glycoproteins Forming the Gut Mucosal Barrier in the Indonesian Indigenous Naked Neck and Normal Feathered Chickens

• Main Authors: Ariyadi, Bambang, Sidadolog, Jafendi Hasoloan Purba, Sudaryati, Sri, Wihandoyo, Wihandoyo, Harimurti, S.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Genetics; Animal Physiology - Cell; Biological Sciences; Husbandry
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/273470/1/doc3.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/273470/
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

The cecum of chicken gut may be more susceptible to pathogens because of colonization of microbes. Lower segment of gut is also the primary tissue where microorganisms may invade from external environment colonizing in the cloaca. Mucin composed of glycoproteins play significant roles in the barrier...