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Induction of contrasuppression is restricted by genes mapping to the Igh locus

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  1. Department of Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada

    Douglas R. Green, Ben Chue & Patrick M. Flood

  2. Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, 06510, New Haven, CT, (USA)

    Douglas R. Green, Ben Chue & Patrick M. Flood

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Green, D.R., Chue, B. & Flood, P.M. Induction of contrasuppression is restricted by genes mapping to the Igh locus. Immunol Res 7, 82–92 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02918156

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