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IMPORTANT! HELP PLEASE?!!!!!
« on: June 11, 2012, 09:43:32 pm »
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What's a protein
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Re: IMPORTANT! HELP PLEASE?!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2012, 09:44:09 pm »
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Good wikipedia definition: "biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function"

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Re: IMPORTANT! HELP PLEASE?!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2012, 09:45:32 pm »
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Haha, I was joking!

Actually my real question is:
What's the difference in FUNCTION between Natural Killer Cells and Cytotoxic T-cells?
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Re: IMPORTANT! HELP PLEASE?!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2012, 09:47:29 pm »
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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