FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

positive regulation of apoptotic cell clearance

ID (Ontology)

GO:2000427 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of apoptotic cell clearance.

Also Known As

"positive regulation of apoptotic cell removal" ; "positive regulation of efferocytosis" ; "positive regulation of programmed cell clearance"

Comment

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Annotations

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Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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	Genes
positive regulation of apoptotic cell clearance (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
acts_upstream_of \| positive regulation of apoptotic cell clearance
involved_in \| positive regulation of apoptotic cell clearance

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

apoptotic cell clearance
 |__regulation of apoptotic cell clearance__
positive regulation of endocytosis          |
 |__positive regulation of phagocytosis_____|
regulation of phagocytosis                  |
 |__positive regulation of phagocytosis_____|
 |__regulation of apoptotic cell clearance__|
                                            positive regulation of apoptotic cell clearance  4 rec.
                                             |__positive regulation of engulfment of apoptotic cell

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Relationships
Is a	positive regulation of phagocytosis regulation of apoptotic cell clearance
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"positive regulation of apoptotic cell removal" EXACT "positive regulation of efferocytosis" EXACT "positive regulation of programmed cell clearance" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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