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Active transport

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000400

An energy-expending mechanism by which a cell moves a chemical across the cell membrane from a point of lower concentration to a point of higher concentration, against the diffusion gradient.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000400
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
ReferencesDrinking Water Technical & Legal Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000400",
  "term": "Active transport",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Active Transport",
  "definition": "An energy-expending mechanism by which a cell moves a chemical across the cell membrane from a point of lower concentration to a point of higher concentration, against the diffusion gradient.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/active-transport/"
}

Record 392 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.