positive regulation of macroautophagy

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0016239

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 GOC:go_curators ]

Synonyms: up regulation of macroautophagy, up-regulation of macroautophagy, upregulation of macroautophagy, positive regulation of starvation-induced autophagy

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stimulation of macroautophagy, activation of macroautophagy

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biological_process

GO:0016239

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biological regulation and positively regulates some macroautophagy

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regulation of macroautophagy
positive regulation of autophagy
positively regulates some macroautophagy