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Another step towards xenotransplantation

Nature Medicine volume 1, pages 1248–1250 (1995)Cite this article

Synthesis of the major xenogeneic antigen can be diverted towards production of an innocuous sugar by expression of a glycosyltransferase (pages 1261–1267).

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Platt, J., Parker, W. Another step towards xenotransplantation. Nat Med 1, 1248–1250 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1295-1248

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