Cotransporter
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cotransporter is a noun meaning (biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
Meaning
(biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
Word Forms
- cotransporters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include contransporter, antiporter, transporter, translocase, symporter, uniporter.
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