Killing mechanisms of cytotoxic T lymphocytes

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-21

  Groscurth, Peter ^a   Filgueira, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 21944450606     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.1.17     Document Type: Article

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