FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II

ID (Ontology)

GO:0045944 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of transcription from an RNA polymerase II promoter.

Also Known As

"activation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" ; "positive regulation of transcription from Pol II promoter" ; "positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" (for all, see Synonyms field below)

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS
Genes (FBgn)	GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Gene Groups	Genes
positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	--

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

regulation of DNA-templated transcription
 |__regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II____
 |__positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription__|
transcription by RNA polymerase II                      |
 |__regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II____|
positive regulation of RNA biosynthetic process         |
 |__positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription__|
                                                        positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II  355 rec.
                                                         |__carbon catabolite activation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
                                                         |   |__positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter by galactose
                                                         |   |__positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter by glucose
                                                         |   |__positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter by oleic acid
                                                         |__positive regulation of pseudohyphal growth by positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
                                                         |__positive regulation of ribosomal protein gene transcription by RNA polymerase II
                                                         |__positive regulation of snRNA transcription by RNA polymerase II 3 rec.
                                                         |__positive regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II 17 rec.
                                                         |__positive regulation of transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II 9 rec.
                                                         |   |__positive regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription preinitiation complex assembly 3 rec.
                                                         |__positive regulation of transcription of Notch receptor target

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Is a	regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"activation of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" RELATED "activation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" EXACT "positive regulation of gene-specific transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" RELATED "positive regulation of global transcription from Pol II promoter" RELATED "positive regulation of transcription from Pol II promoter" EXACT "positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" EXACT "positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, global" RELATED "stimulation of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" NARROW "stimulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" EXACT "up regulation of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" RELATED "up regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" EXACT "up-regulation of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" RELATED "up-regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" EXACT "upregulation of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" RELATED "upregulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Reactome:R-HSA-2173796 "SMAD2/SMAD3:SMAD4 heterotrimer regulates transcription" Reactome:R-HSA-8866906 "TFAP2 (AP-2) family regulates transcription of other transcription factors" Reactome:R-HSA-8866907 "Activation of the TFAP2 (AP-2) family of transcription factors"