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symporters

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006213

Membrane transporters that co-transport two or more dissimilar molecules in the same direction across a membrane. Usually the transport of one ion or molecule is against its electrochemical gradient and is "powered" by the movement of another ion or molecule with its electrochemical gradient.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006213
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsco-transporters
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2015; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsotransporters; physiological transport; cell membranes; sodium glucose transporter; proton-coupled folate transporter; sodium chloride symporters
TranslationsSpanish: simportadores
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006213",
  "term": "symporters",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Membrane transporters that co-transport two or more dissimilar molecules in the same direction across a membrane. Usually the transport of one ion or molecule is against its electrochemical gradient and is \"powered\" by the movement of another ion or molecule with its electrochemical gradient.",
  "synonyms": [
    "co-transporters"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "transporters",
    "physiological transport",
    "cell membranes",
    "sodium glucose transporter",
    "proton-coupled folate transporter",
    "sodium chloride symporters"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "simportadores"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/symporters/"
}

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