| Type | MGI:General | Description | ileal crypts are filled with dense mucus material and mucin is trapped in the ileal crypts of the small intestine the mucus of the small intestine is attached to the epithelium and is impenetrable to 2 um beads unlike in wild-type mice in which the beads sediment through the mucus and are on the epithelium high bicarbonate (NaHCO3) or EDTA treatment normalizes the mucus phenotype of mutants |
