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Serological absorption experiments showed that mutant B6.M505 (H-2 bd) lacks an H-2K end specificity present in the parental B6 strain. It has a molecular weight of 45,000 dalton, indicating it is an H-2 antigen. It is a private specificity ofK b strains, and has been designated H-2.62.
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David, C.S., Neely, B.C. & Cullen, S.E. Serological analysis of H-2 mutants. Immunogenetics 5, 143–148 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570470
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