Term Name: positive regulation of chemotaxis
Synonyms: activation of chemotaxis, stimulation of chemotaxis, up regulation of chemotaxis, up-regulation of chemotaxis, upregulation of chemotaxis
Definition: Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to a specific chemical concentration gradient.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0050921]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: biological regulation positive regulation of locomotion positive regulation of response to external stimulus regulation of chemotaxis
has subtype: positive regulation of astrocyte chemotaxis positive regulation of axon extension involved in axon guidance positive regulation of cell chemotaxis to fibroblast growth factor positive regulation of chemotaxis to arachidonate positive regulation of endothelial cell chemotaxis positive regulation of endothelial cell chemotaxis to vascular endothelial growth factor positive regulation of fibroblast chemotaxis positive regulation of leukocyte chemotaxis positive regulation of negative chemotaxis positive regulation of positive chemotaxis positive regulation of Schwann cell chemotaxis positive regulation of smooth muscle cell chemotaxis
positively regulates: chemotaxis