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active transport

DEFINITIONS OF: active transport

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n transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy

Type of:
transport
an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
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