Unraveling human natural killer cell deficiency

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 798-801

  Orange, Jordan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; HELICASE; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 4;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA REPLICATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE COMPLEX COMPONENT 4 GENE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL DEFICIENCY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 84857872642     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI62620     Document Type: Note

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