pre-natural killer cell
Cell committed to natural killer cell lineage that has the phenotype CD122-positive, CD34-positive, and CD117-positive. This cell type lacks expression of natural killer receptor proteins. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16551251 GOC:add GOC:pam GOC:dsd http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17100874 GOC:tfm ]
Synonyms: pre-NK cell
Term info
These cells are also reportedly CD7-low, CD10-negative, CD45RA-positive, alpha-4-beta-7 integrin-high.
Term relations
- natural killer cell and has plasma membrane part some CD34 molecule and has plasma membrane part some interleukin-2 receptor subunit beta and has plasma membrane part some mast/stem cell growth factor receptor
- natural killer cell
- protein-containing material entity
- has plasma membrane part some interleukin-2 receptor subunit beta
- has plasma membrane part some mast/stem cell growth factor receptor
- has plasma membrane part some CD34 molecule