Fucose is a key component of the glycosylation of the mucus glycoprotein. The hit on chr19 (rs492602) is in FUT2 which encodes a fucosyltransferase. https://t.co/uHEnLCNOeS. This variant doesn't seem to be associated with asthma so this may be a separate m
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Fecal metatranscriptomics of macaques with idiopathic chronic diarrhea reveals altered mucin degradation and fucose utilization. https://t.co/JwbI1dDfFd
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Fecal metatranscriptomics of macaques with idiopathic chronic diarrhea reveals altered mucin degradation and fucose utilization 'ICD-afflicted animals were characterized by ... Campylobacter and Helicobacter and the protozoan Trichomonas.' https://t.co/
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RT @MicrobiomDigest: Fecal metatranscriptomics of macaques with idiopathic chronic diarrhea reveals altered mucin degradation and fucose ut…