id | GO:0050921   Detailed information
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  name | positive regulation of chemotaxis
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to a specific chemical concentration gradient." [GOC:ai]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  synonym | "activation of chemotaxis" NARROW []
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  synonym | "stimulation of chemotaxis" NARROW []
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  synonym | "up regulation of chemotaxis" EXACT []
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  synonym | "up-regulation of chemotaxis" EXACT []
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  synonym | "upregulation of chemotaxis" EXACT []
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  is_a | GO:0032103 ! positive regulation of response to external stimulus
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  is_a | GO:0040017 ! positive regulation of locomotion
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  is_a | GO:0048520 ! positive regulation of behavior
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  is_a | GO:0050920 ! regulation of chemotaxis
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  intersection_of | GO:0065007 ! biological regulation
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  intersection_of | positively_regulates GO:0006935 ! chemotaxis
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  relationship | positively_regulates GO:0006935 ! chemotaxis
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