Murine fetal natural killer cells are functionally and structurally distinct from adult natural killer cells

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 625-633

  Van Beneden, Katrien ^b   De Creus, An ^b   Debacker, Veronique ^b   De Boever, Jozef ^b   Plum, Jean ^b   Leclercq, Georges ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Ly 49; MHC class I

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032835297     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlb.66.4.625     Document Type: Article

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