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The BALB.B6-Cmv1 r mouse: a strain congenic for Cmv1 and the NK gene complex

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Scalzo, A.A., Lyons, P.A., Fitzgerald, N.A. et al. The BALB.B6-Cmv1 r mouse: a strain congenic for Cmv1 and the NK gene complex. Immunogenetics 41, 148–151 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182328

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