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Lymphocyte Stimulation in Pigs: Evidence for the Existence of a Single Major Histocompatibility Locus, PL-A

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IN those species which have been sufficiently studied there is evidence of a single major histocompatibility locus (man, mouse, rat, chicken) that plays a predominant part in graft rejection. We present evidence for the existence of such a major locus in pigs by using the mixed lymphocyte reaction1,2.

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  1. Searle Research Laboratories, High Wycombe

    D. VIZA & J. R. SUGAR

  2. Department of Experimental Pathology, ARC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham

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VIZA, D., SUGAR, J. & BINNS, R. Lymphocyte Stimulation in Pigs: Evidence for the Existence of a Single Major Histocompatibility Locus, PL-A. Nature 227, 949–950 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227949a0

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