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Rinaldy, A., Wallace, R.B., Simon, M.M. et al. A highly homologous T-cell receptor β-chain variable region is expressed in mouse and human T cells. Immunogenetics 21, 403–406 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00430805
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