A natural killer cell that is developmentally immature and expresses natural killer cell receptors (NKR). [ GOC:add http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12457618 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0781735149 ]

Synonyms: immature NK cell

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In mouse the NKR are Ly49 molecules and in human these cells express KIR molecules.