positive regulation of chemotaxis

id: GO:0050921
name: positive regulation of chemotaxis
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0002690positive regulation of leukocyte chemotaxis
GO:0048842positive regulation of axon extension involved in axon guidance
GO:0050924positive regulation of negative chemotaxis
GO:0050927positive regulation of positive chemotaxis
GO:0071673positive regulation of smooth muscle cell chemotaxis
GO:2000464positive regulation of astrocyte chemotaxis
GO:2001028positive regulation of endothelial cell chemotaxis

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0032103positive regulation of response to external stimulus
GO:0040017positive regulation of locomotion
GO:0048520positive regulation of behavior
GO:0050920regulation of chemotaxis