Term Name: positive regulation of defense response
Synonyms: activation of defense response, stimulation of defense response, up regulation of defense response, up-regulation of defense response, upregulation of defense response
Definition: Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of a defense response.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0031349]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: biological regulation positive regulation of response to stimulus regulation of defense response
has subtype: positive regulation of antimicrobial humoral response positive regulation of behavioral fear response positive regulation of cellular defense response positive regulation of defense response to bacterium positive regulation of defense response to insect positive regulation of defense response to oomycetes positive regulation of inflammatory response positive regulation of innate immune response positive regulation of neutrophil mediated killing of symbiont cell positive regulation of systemic acquired resistance positive regulation of xenophagy
positively regulates: defense response