Genetic dissection of NK cell responses

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Moussa, Peter ^a   Marton, Jennifer ^a   Vidal, Silvia M ^a   Fodil Cornu, Nassima ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetics; Gwas; Natural killer cells; NK deficiency; Qtl; Viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874269088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00425     Document Type: Review

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