The transcription factor interferon regulatory factor-1 is essential for natural killer cell function in vivo

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2043-2048

  Duncan, Gordon S ^a   Mittrücker, Hans Willi ^a,b   Kägi, David ^a,b   Matsuyama, Toshifumi ^a,b   Mak, Tak W ^a,b  

^a AMGEN INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KILLING; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029805028     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.5.2043     Document Type: Article

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