chemoattractants

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001220",
  "term": "chemoattractants",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "chemotactic factors",
    "chemotaxins",
    "cytotaxins"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "biochemical compounds",
    "chemotaxis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "quimioatrayentes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/chemoattractants/"
}