cotransporter

cotransporter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English cotransport
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English cotransporter

    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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