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Radioautographic Study of the Localization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Antigen

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THE localization in animal tissues of injected antigens has been, during recent years, the object of a great number of investigations in order to identify the cells responsible for antibody production. This problem is related to the more general one of the localization and mechanism of protein synthesis.

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GAVOSTO, F., FICQ, A. Radioautographic Study of the Localization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Antigen. Nature 172, 406–407 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172406a0

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