# C-C Motif Chemokine 3

National Cancer Institute

## Source

National Cancer Institute. C-C Motif Chemokine 3. NCI Thesaurus. Code C20481.

C-C motif chemokine 3 (92 aa, ~10 kDa) is encoded by the human CCL3 gene. This protein is involved in both the inhibition of HIV binding to C-C chemokine receptor type 5 and the regulation of neutrophil and monocyte chemotaxis.