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symporter

symporter noun: an integral membrane protein involved in the movement of different molecules or ions in the same direction across a phospholipid membrane.

Noun

symporter (plural symporters)

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

Forms of symporter

pluralsymporters

Origin of symporter

From sym- + porter.

Questions about symporter

What does symporter mean?
Symporter means an integral membrane protein involved in the movement of different molecules or ions in the same direction across a phospholipid membrane.
What part of speech is symporter?
Symporter is a noun.
What is the plural of symporter?
The plural of symporter is symporters.

Words near symporter in the dictionary

  1. sympodium
  2. sympoiesis
  3. sympoietic
  4. symport
  5. symported
  6. symporter
  7. symporters
  8. symporting
  9. symports
  10. symposia
  11. symposiac

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