The killer's kiss: the many functions of NK cell immunological synapses

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 597-605

  Krzewski, Konrad ^a   Strominger, Jack L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE ADHERENCE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MACROPHAGES;

EID: 51149108034     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2008.05.006     Document Type: Review

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