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positive regulation of macroautophagy

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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

Label

positive regulation of macroautophagy

Synonyms
  • positive regulation of starvation-induced autophagy
  • up regulation of macroautophagy
  • up-regulation of macroautophagy
  • upregulation of macroautophagy
has narrow synonym

stimulation of macroautophagy, activation of macroautophagy

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biological_process

id

GO:0016239