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ISHIYAMA has described1 a phenomenon of ‘direct haemagglutination’ by the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), and has shown that it is produced in a fixed range of pH (pH 2.6) and that it is inhibited by human, rabbit, sheep and guinea-pig sera. The present communication reports some results obtained in the investigation of this phenomenon.
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LEAHU, L. Haemagglutinating Properties of Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Nature 211, 421 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211421a0
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