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IgD on cell membranes of human lymphoid cell lines with multiple immunoglobulin classes

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IMMUNOGLOBULIN D (IgD) is present in minute amounts in the serum and the biological role of this immunoglobulin class is unknown1. The finding that a high proportion of lymphocytes bear IgD on their surface membrane2 has triggered renewed interest in this molecule.

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VAN BOXEL, J., BUELL, D. IgD on cell membranes of human lymphoid cell lines with multiple immunoglobulin classes. Nature 251, 443–444 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251443a0

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