Biologically Active Substance
chemotactic factors
Subclass of:
Biological Factors
Definitions related to chemotactic factors:
  • (chemoattractant) Any chemotactic factor that induces positive chemotaxis.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Chemical substances that attract or repel cells. The concept denotes especially those factors released as a result of tissue injury, microbial invasion, or immunologic activity, that attract LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; or other cells to the site of infection or insult.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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