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positive regulation of growth rate

Term Information

Accession
GO:0040010
Name
positive regulation of growth rate
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
up regulation of growth rate, up-regulation of growth rate, upregulation of growth rate, activation of growth rate, stimulation of growth rate
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Any process that increases the rate of growth of all or part of an organism. Source: GOC:mah
Comment
Note that this term and its definition depart from the usual conventions for GO 'regulation' process terms; regulation of rate is not usually distinguished from regulation of extent or frequency, but it makes sense to do so for growth regulation.
History
See term history for GO:0040010 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of positive regulation of growth rate (GO:0040010)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
positive regulation of growth rate [is_a relation] is_a  regulation of growth rate (GO:0040009)
positive regulation of growth rate [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of growth (GO:0045927)

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