Gamma Chemokine

**Semantic type:** Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein|Immunologic Factor

**Definition:** Gamma chemokines are cytokines that lack adjacent cysteine residues and act as chemoattractants for lymphocytes. Most members of the chemokind family have at least four conserved cysteine residues that form two intramolecular disulfide bonds.

**Synonyms:** - C Chemokine - Chemokine, C - gamma-Chemokine