countertransport
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editcountertransport (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) The transport of two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions
- 2002, Max EllenbergHarold Rifkinet al., Ellenberg and Rifkin's Diabetes Mellitus:
- Increased Na+/Li+ countertransport activity has been described in a study of parents of proteinuric type 1 diabetic patients, although not in another.
Verb
editcountertransport (third-person singular simple present countertransports, present participle countertransporting, simple past and past participle countertransported)
- To transport two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions