English Explanatory Dictionary

cotransporter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

cotransporter cotransporters

Etymology

From cotransport + -er.

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