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Title: IMPORTANT! HELP PLEASE?!!!!!
Post by: Cookiez on June 11, 2012, 09:43:32 pm

What's a protein

Title: Re: IMPORTANT! HELP PLEASE?!!!!!
Post by: pi on June 11, 2012, 09:44:09 pm

Good wikipedia definition: "biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function"

Title: Re: IMPORTANT! HELP PLEASE?!!!!!
Post by: Cookiez on June 11, 2012, 09:45:32 pm

Haha, I was joking!

Actually my real question is:
What's the difference in FUNCTION between Natural Killer Cells and Cytotoxic T-cells?

Title: Re: IMPORTANT! HELP PLEASE?!!!!!
Post by: ligands on June 11, 2012, 09:47:29 pm

Quote from: Cookiez on June 11, 2012, 09:45:32 pm

Haha, I was joking!

Actually my real question is:
What's the difference in FUNCTION between Natural Killer Cells and Cytotoxic T-cells?

function wise not a whole lot, they kill infections the exact same way (lyse cell wall + inject chemicals)
the difference between them is that NK cells are non-specific whereas cytotoxic t-cells are specific