These white blood cells kill virus-infected cells exhibiting "non-self" major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins

A) Plasma cells
B) Macrophages
C) Dendritic cells
D) Neutrophils
E) Natural killer cells


E

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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