Term Name: positive chemotaxis
Synonyms: chemoattraction
Definition: The directed movement of a motile cell or organism towards a higher concentration of a chemical.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0050918]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: chemoattractant activity netrin receptor activity involved in chemoattraction
is a type of: chemotaxis
has subtype: chemoattraction involved in embryonic olfactory bulb interneuron precursor migration chemoattraction involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex chemoattraction involved in precerebellar neuron migration chemoattraction of axon chemoattraction of branchiomotor axon chemoattraction of dopaminergic neuron axon chemoattraction of serotonergic neuron axon germ cell attraction pollen tube guidance positive aerotaxis synaptic target attraction
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of positive chemotaxis
positively regulated by: positive regulation of positive chemotaxis
regulated by: regulation of positive chemotaxis