Back to the future-defining NK cells and T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1424-1426

  Lanier, Lewis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

T cells; NK cells; Tcells; TCR

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL LINEAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34250682209     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737418     Document Type: Editorial

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