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A Common Tumour Specific Antigen

II. Further Characterization of the Whole Antigen and of a Cross-Reacting Antigen of Normal Tissues

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Experimental evidence supporting the postulated analogy between myelin basic protein and a previously described common tumour specific antigen is summarized under antigenic cross-reactivity, subcellular localization, molecular size, basicity and proteolipid nature. A third protein antigen, present in all tissues, also shows strong similarities in all these respects.

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  1. J P Dickinson
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  2. J R McDermott
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  3. J K Smith
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Dickinson, J., McDermott, J., Smith, J. et al. A Common Tumour Specific Antigen. Br J Cancer 29, 425–432 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1974.94

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