Nitric oxide synthase-2 and expression of perforin in uterine NK cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 5245-5250

  Burnett, Tim G ^a   Hunt, Joan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PERFORIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0034657841     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.10.5245     Document Type: Article

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