AmiGO 2: Term Details for "chemoattractant activity" (GO:0042056)
️Gene Ontology Consortium
Accession
GO:0042056
Name
chemoattractant activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
attractant
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Providing the environmental signal that initiates the directed movement of a motile cell or organism towards a higher concentration of that signal.
Source:ISBN:0198506732,
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