Term Name: immature natural killer cell
Synonyms: immature NK cell, p-NK
Definition: A natural killer cell that is developmentally immature and expresses natural killer cell receptors (NKR).
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000823]

Relationships
develops from: pre-natural killer cell
develops into: mature natural killer cell
is a type of: natural killer cell
has subtype: CD27-low, CD11b-low immature natural killer cell CD56-negative, CD161-positive immature natural killer cell CD56-positive, CD161-positive immature natural killer cell Dx5-negative, NK1.1-positive immature natural killer cell
bearer_of: immature
disjoint_from: mature natural killer cell pre-natural killer cell