Cutting edge: Granzymes A and B are not essential for perforin-mediated tumor rejection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 515-518

  Smyth, Mark J ^a   Street, Shayna E A ^a   Trapani, Joseph A ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; PERFORIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR MODEL; TUMOR REJECTION;

EID: 0038107576     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.2.515     Document Type: Article

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