N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
"N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A formylated tripeptide originally isolated from bacterial filtrates that is positively chemotactic to polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and causes them to release lysosomal enzymes and become metabolically activated.
| Descriptor ID |
D009240
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.030.676.450.440 D12.125.072.050.685.445 D12.125.142.666.500 D12.125.166.676.450.440 D12.644.456.400 D23.125.685
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| Concept/Terms |
N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine- N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
- Leucyl-Phenylalanine, N-Formylmethionine
- N Formylmethionine Leucyl Phenylalanine
- Formylmethionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine
- Formylmethionyl Leucyl Phenylalanine
- N-Formyl-Methionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine
- N Formyl Methionyl Leucyl Phenylalanine
- Formylmet-Leu-Phe
- Formylmet Leu Phe
- Formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine
Formylmethionyl Peptide- Formylmethionyl Peptide
- Peptide, Formylmethionyl
- N-Formylated Peptide
- N Formylated Peptide
- Peptide, N-Formylated
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