Recent studies have identified cell surface molecules that appear to play important roles in natural killer cell specificity for their targets. Natural killer cells display activation 'receptors', such as NKR-PI molecules in rodents, that may activate cytotoxicity by transducing biochemical signals.
Recognition of infected cells by natural killer cells
โ Scribed by Leonidas N Carayannopoulos; Wayne M Yokoyama
- Book ID
- 108099450
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-7915
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