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. 1973 Nov 30;138(6):1608–1612. doi: 10.1084/jem.138.6.1608

THE SMALL SUBUNIT OF HL-A ANTIGENS IS β2-MICROGLOBULIN

Howard M Grey 1, Ralph T Kubo 1, Sonia M Colon 1, M D Poulik 1, Peter Cresswell 1, Timothy Springer 1, Mervyn Turner 1, Jack L Strominger 1
PMCID: PMC2139471  PMID: 4128442

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