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Contamination of a commercial antifibronectin antiserum by antibodies directed against glycosaminoglycan determinants. A hypothesis

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Harrisson, F. Contamination of a commercial antifibronectin antiserum by antibodies directed against glycosaminoglycan determinants. A hypothesis. Histochem J 17, 1053–1057 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417954

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