Chemotoxin is a term employed to name a protein that results of the fusion of a chemokine and a toxin.Usually this fusion is accomplished by mean of genetic engineering techniques. Some chemotoxins are being developed as therapeutic with the goal of deliver a toxin to cells that express in the membrane a receptor which is specific for the chemokine and thus only the cells expressing that receptor will be damaged. Such a treatment would be useful against tumor cell or in certain autoimmune diseases.
Chemotaxis factors refers to the soluble molecules that attract and guide the movement of cells like the phagocytes in the inflammatory response. It can also be described as any small molecule that acts as a chemical stimulus along a concentration gradient, attracting macrophages and other cell.
It is from the word "chemotaxis". This term describes the phenomenon whereby cells (for example white blood cells and bacteria) rely on chemicals in their environment to direct their movements.
plant and its chemicals studies/
Classification of plants on the basis of chemical compounds present in respective plants.
the ability of a WBC to be drawn to the area of the infected cell because infected tissue releases a chemical
Neutrophils and other WBCs migrate up the gradient of chemotactic agents to the site of injury
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