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Molecular biology of Bence Jones protein

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  1. Istituto di Genetica Medica dell’Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Santena 19, 10126, Torino, Italia

    Angelo O. Carbonara & Mario De Marchi

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This work was supported in part by theConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Centro di Immunogenetica ed Istocompatibilità, Torino, Italy.

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Carbonara, A.O., De Marchi, M. Molecular biology of Bence Jones protein. La Ricerca Clin. Lab. 10, 23–26 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984901

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