positive regulation of autophagy

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0010508

Any process that activates, maintains or increases the rate of autophagy. Autophagy is the process in which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm. [ GOC:tb GOC:dph ]

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biological_process

GO:0010508

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biological regulation and positively regulates some autophagy

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regulation of autophagy
positive regulation of cellular catabolic process
positively regulates some autophagy