Killing of microbes and cancer by the immune system with three mammalian pore forming killer proteins
Immunology is the science of biological warfare between the defenses of our immune systems and offensive pathogenic microbes and cancers. Over the course of his scientific career Eckhard R. Podack made several seminal discoveries that elucidated key aspects of this warfare at a molecular level. When...
Main Authors: | Eckhard Podack, George P Munson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00464/full |
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