Term Name: chemoattractant activity
Synonyms: attractant
Definition: Providing the environmental signal that initiates the directed movement of a motile cell or organism towards a higher concentration of that signal.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0042056]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: positive chemotaxis
is a type of: receptor ligand activity
has subtype: chemoattractant activity involved in axon guidance