Term Name: positive regulation of biological process
Synonyms: activation of biological process, positive regulation of physiological process, stimulation of biological process, up regulation of biological process, up-regulation of biological process, upregulation of biological process
Definition: Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of a biological process. Biological processes are regulated by many means; examples include the control of gene expression, protein modification or interaction with a protein or substrate molecule.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0048518]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: biological regulation regulation of biological process
has subtype: positive regulation by symbiont of entry into host positive regulation of action potential positive regulation of border follicle cell delamination positive regulation of cardiac conduction positive regulation of cellular pH reduction positive regulation of cellular process positive regulation of circadian rhythm positive regulation of developmental pigmentation positive regulation of developmental process positive regulation of establishment of protein-containing complex localization to telomere positive regulation of establishment of RNA localization to telomere positive regulation of fibrinolysis positive regulation of formation of structure involved in a symbiotic process positive regulation of growth positive regulation of hemostasis positive regulation of immune system process positive regulation of kainate selective glutamate receptor signaling pathway positive regulation of lipid localization positive regulation of locomotion positive regulation of long-term synaptic depression positive regulation of membrane depolarization positive regulation of membrane hyperpolarization positive regulation of membrane repolarization during cardiac muscle cell action potential positive regulation of multicellular organismal process positive regulation of post-transcriptional gene silencing positive regulation of receptor localization to synapse positive regulation of reproductive process positive regulation of response to stimulus positive regulation of short-term synaptic potentiation positive regulation of signaling positive regulation of telomerase RNA localization to Cajal body positive regulation of transepithelial migration of symbiont in host positive regulation of transformation of host cell by virus positive regulation of transport positive regulation of viral process
positively regulates: biological_process