N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine

"N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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Bar chart showing 4 publications over 4 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1996 and 1999 and 2001 and 2003
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