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Torres-Nagel, N.E., Gold, D.P. & Hünig, T. Identification of rat Tcrb-V8.2, 8.5, and 10 gene products by monoclonal antibodies. Immunogenetics 37, 305–308 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00187460
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