Gene ontology ID
GO:0051132
Definition
The change in morphology and behavior of a mature or immature natural killer T cell resulting from exposure to a mitogen, cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or an antigen for which it is specific
Comment
Note that NK T cells are a distinct lineage of T cells expressing natural killer cell markers and having T cell receptors characterized by the usage of a restricted repetoire of variable region gene segments.
Synonyms
1. natural killer T cell activation
2. natural T cell activation
3. NK T lymphocyte activation
4. NK T-cell activation
5. NK T-lymphocyte activation
6. NKT cell activation
7. NT cell activation
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