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natural killer cell progenitor

Description

"A progenitor committed to the natural killer cell lineage, expressing certain phenotypic markers of the natural killer cell lineage such as the IL-15 receptor, but lacking many of the phenotypic characteristics of later stages of natural killer cell development such as expression of NK activating and inhibitory molecules." [PMID:11532393, PMID:12457618, PMID:15032583, PMID:15766674]

Relations

develops_fromcommon lymphocyte progenitor

Inverse Relations

natural killer celldevelops_fromnatural killer cell progenitor
immature natural killer celldevelops_fromnatural killer cell progenitor

Terms

preNK cellEnglish- related synonym
NKPEnglish- exact synonym

Identifier

CL:0000825
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