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- noun Plural form of
perforin .
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In vertebrates, perforins carry out cell-killing functions by cytotoxic lymphocytes through the formation of small pores in the cell membranes.
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By binding to CD3 co-receptor on the T cell, the antibody activates the immune system T cell and instigates the delivery of the T cell cytolytic proteins, perforins and granzymes, into the cancer cells.
unknown title 2011
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Grants of Anns, and perforins. all other Matlers relating to the Office of a Herald.
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing Biographical ... 1812
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