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The molecular basis of immunoglobulin class switching: Switch transcription versus switch recombination

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Radbruch, A. The molecular basis of immunoglobulin class switching: Switch transcription versus switch recombination. Immunol Res 10, 381–385 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919725

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