Term Information

Accession
GO:0045933
Name
positive regulation of muscle contraction
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
up regulation of muscle contraction, up-regulation of muscle contraction, upregulation of muscle contraction, activation of muscle contraction, stimulation of muscle contraction
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of muscle contraction. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0045933 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of positive regulation of muscle contraction (GO:0045933)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
positive regulation of muscle contraction [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  muscle contraction (GO:0006936)
positive regulation of muscle contraction [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of multicellular organismal process (GO:0051240)
positive regulation of muscle contraction [is_a relation] is_a  regulation of muscle contraction (GO:0006937)
Children of positive regulation of muscle contraction (GO:0045933)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
positive regulation of smooth muscle contraction (GO:0045987) [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of muscle contraction
positive regulation of striated muscle contraction (GO:0045989) [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of muscle contraction
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