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. 1968 Sep;61(1):168–175. doi: 10.1073/pnas.61.1.168

Variable regions of heavy and light polypeptide chains of the same gammaG-immunoglobulin molecule.

P D Gottlieb, B A Cunningham, M J Waxdal, W H Konigsberg, G M Edelman
PMCID: PMC285919  PMID: 4177258

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