| id | GO:0042056 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | chemoattractant activity |
| namespace | molecular_function |
| def | "Providing the environmental signal that initiates the directed movement of a motile cell or organism towards a higher concentration of that signal." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
| subset | goslim_pir |
| subset | gosubset_prok |
| synonym | "attractant" BROAD [] |
| is_a | GO:0003674 ! molecular_function |
| relationship | part_of GO:0050918 ! positive chemotaxis |