| Literature DB >> 1093163 |
E Schiffmann, B A Corcoran, S M Wahl.
Abstract
Leucocytes such as neutrophils are attracted by N-formylmethionine, but not by methionine. Di- and tripeptides containing formylmethionine are strong attractants for both neutrophils and macrophages, whereas the corresponding nonacylated compounds are not chemotactic. The formylated peptides may be related to an incompletely characterized chemotactic material normally produced by bacteria which attract the same animal cells.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1093163 PMCID: PMC432465 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.3.1059
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205