symporter

symporter

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Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?
Proto-Hellenic *ksún
Ancient Greek σύν (sún)
Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der.
English sym-
English porter
English symporter

    From sym- + porter.

    Noun

    symporter (plural symporters)

    1. (biochemistry) An integral membrane protein involved in the movement of different molecules or ions in the same direction across a phospholipid membrane.

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