chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 7|This gene encodes monocyte chemotactic protein 3, a secreted chemokine which attracts macrophages during inflammation and metastasis. It is a member of the C-C subfamily of chemokines which are characterized by having two adjacent cysteine residues. The protein is an in vivo substrate of matrix metalloproteinase 2, an enzyme which degrades components of the extracellular matrix. This gene is part of a cluster of C-C chemokine family members on chromosome 17q. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] (NCBI Entrez Gene Database, 6354)
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9 genes co-occuring with the biological term ccl7 in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.
