Strategies of Natural Killer (NK) cell recognition and their roles in tumor immunosurveillance

How the Immune System Recognizes Self and Nonself: Immunoreceptors and Their Signaling

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-81

  Stewart, C Andrew ^a,b,c,d   Vivier, Eric ^b,c,d,e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

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EID: 84866178557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-73884-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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