Natural killer cells kill tumour cells at a given stage of differentiation
✍ Scribed by Gidlund, Magnus; Örn, Anders; Pattengale, Paul K.; Jansson, Mats; Wigzell, Hans; Nilsson, Kenneth
- Book ID
- 109723921
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 390 KB
- Volume
- 292
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/292848a0
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