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Proliferative and Polyclonal Plaque Forming Cell Responses of CBA/N-Defective Spleen Cells by Staphylococcal Protein A or Killed Organisms of Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I Strain
Masao J. Tanabe,
Hitoshi Mochizuki,
Masayasu Nakano,
Masao J. Tanabe
Department of Microbiology, Jichi Medical School, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi, 329–04
Search for more papers by this authorHitoshi Mochizuki
Department of Microbiology, Jichi Medical School, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi, 329–04
Search for more papers by this authorMasayasu Nakano
Department of Microbiology, Jichi Medical School, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi, 329–04
Search for more papers by this authorMasao J. Tanabe,
Hitoshi Mochizuki,
Masayasu Nakano,
Masao J. Tanabe
Department of Microbiology, Jichi Medical School, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi, 329–04
Search for more papers by this authorHitoshi Mochizuki
Department of Microbiology, Jichi Medical School, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi, 329–04
Search for more papers by this authorMasayasu Nakano
Department of Microbiology, Jichi Medical School, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi, 329–04
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: September 1981
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