cotransporter

English

Etymology

From cotransport +‎ -er.

Noun

cotransporter (plural cotransporters)

  1. (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.

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