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. 1963 Mar;49(3):330–337. doi: 10.1073/pnas.49.3.330

NORMAL COUNTERPARTS TO BENCE-JONES PROTEINS: FREE L POLYPEPTIDE CHAINS OF HUMAN γ-GLOBULIN*

I Berggård 1, G M Edelman 1
PMCID: PMC299827  PMID: 13970703

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