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Term Information

Accession
GO:0005186
Name
pheromone activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The activity of binding to and activating specific cell surface receptors, thereby inducing behavioral, developmental, or physiological response(s) from a responding organism or cell. The substance may be released or retained on the cell surface. Pheromones may serve as a specific attractant, social communicator, or sexual stimulant. Source: GOC:sgd_curators, ISBN:0198506732
Comment
Also consider annotating to 'receptor agonist activity ; GO:0048018'.
History
See term history for GO:0005186 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of pheromone activity (GO:0005186)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
pheromone activity [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity (GO:0048018)
pheromone activity [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  signaling receptor binding (GO:0005102)
Children of pheromone activity (GO:0005186)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
mating pheromone activity (GO:0000772) [is_a relation] is_a  pheromone activity
competence pheromone activity (GO:0030413) [is_a relation] is_a  pheromone activity
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