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Anti-Rh Activity of Human γG4 Proteins

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THE subclasses of human IgG, which differ antigenically and structurally, can also be differentiated by functional criteria. Analysis of functional similarities and differences among the immunoglobulins may provide some clue to the biological survival value of these proteins and to the evolutionary mechanisms which have determined the development and maintenance of the various forms.

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  1. MRC Experimental Haematology Unit, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, W2

    MARION FRAME & P. L. MOLLISON

  2. Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014

    WILLIAM D. TERRY

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FRAME, M., MOLLISON, P. & TERRY, W. Anti-Rh Activity of Human γG4 Proteins. Nature 225, 641–643 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225641a0

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