mucin 17, cell surface associated|Membrane mucins, such as MUC17, function in epithelial cells to provide cytoprotection, maintain luminal structure, provide signal transduction, and confer antiadhesive properties upon cancer cells that lose their apical/basal polarization.[supplied by OMIM, Apr 2004] (NCBI Entrez Gene Database, 140453)
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5 genes co-occuring with the biological term muc17 in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.