Term Details for "cytokine activity" (GO:0005125) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0005125

Name

cytokine activity

Ontology

molecular_function

Synonyms

autocrine activity, paracrine activity

Alternate IDs

None

Definition

The activity of a soluble extracellular gene product that interacts with a receptor to effect a change in the activity of the receptor to control the survival, growth, differentiation and effector function of tissues and cells.Source: PMID:11530802,ISBN:0198599471

Comment

None

History

See term history for GO:0005125 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

None

Subset

goslim_chembl

Link to all genes and gene products annotated to cytokine activity (excluding "regulates").

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