Term Information

Accession
GO:0019956
Name
chemokine binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Binding to a chemokine. Chemokines are a family of small chemotactic cytokines; their name is derived from their ability to induce directed chemotaxis in nearby responsive cells. All chemokines possess a number of conserved cysteine residues involved in intramolecular disulfide bond formation. Some chemokines are considered pro-inflammatory and can be induced during an immune response to recruit cells of the immune system to a site of infection, while others are considered homeostatic and are involved in controlling the migration of cells during normal processes of tissue maintenance or development. Chemokines are found in all vertebrates, some viruses and some bacteria. Source: PMID:12183377, GOC:BHF, Wikipedia:Chemokine, GOC:ai, GOC:rl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0019956 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of chemokine binding (GO:0019956)
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chemokine binding [is_a relation] is_a  cytokine binding (GO:0019955)
Children of chemokine binding (GO:0019956)
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C-C chemokine binding (GO:0019957) [is_a relation] is_a  chemokine binding
C-X3-C chemokine binding (GO:0019960) [is_a relation] is_a  chemokine binding
C-X-C chemokine binding (GO:0019958) [is_a relation] is_a  chemokine binding
chemokine receptor activity (GO:0004950) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  chemokine binding
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