positive regulation of macroautophagy
Any process, such as recognition of nutrient depletion, that activates or increases the rate of macroautophagy to bring cytosolic macromolecules to the vacuole/lysosome for degradation. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9412464 ]
Term info
positive regulation of macroautophagy
- positive regulation of starvation-induced autophagy
- up regulation of macroautophagy
- up-regulation of macroautophagy
- upregulation of macroautophagy
stimulation of macroautophagy, activation of macroautophagy
biological_process
GO:0016239