active transport in English

noun
1
the movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane into a region of higher concentration, assisted by enzymes and requiring energy.
Complex processes regulate both passive and active transport across the nuclear membrane.

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1. In higher plants, absorption of Co2+ by roots involves active transport.

2. These homeostatic levels are primarily maintained by active transport mechanisms for ions.

3. Anything that interferes with the provision of energy will interfere with active transport.

4. Active transport appears to be limited to drugs structurally similar to endogenous substances.

5. In addition, an active transport across the endothelial cell layer has to be postulated.

6. Active transport processes have been identified for various ions, vitamins, sugars, and amino acids.

7. Phenylalanine uses the same active transport channel as tryptophan to cross the blood–brain barrier.

8. Active transport: This process is characterized by selectivity and saturability and requires energy expenditure the cell.

9. By measuring intracellular membrane potentials and ion activities active transport mechanisms can be localized within the epithelium.

10. The current incentives to use collective, low-emission and active transport modes are insufficient to tackle these challenges.

11. It is easy enough to assert that active transport across membranes occurs, but much harder to explain how.

12. They contain an extensive secretory network of Canaliculi from which the HCl is secreted by active transport into the stomach.

13. Active transport is usually associated with accumulating high concentrations of molecules that the cell needs, such as ions, glucose and amino acids.

14. Free energy is supplied to drive metabolic reactions, to transport molecules against concentration gradients (active transport), and to produce mechanical motion (contraction of myofibrils and microtubules), when Atp is hydrolyzed to

15. Absorption: of nutrients from the digestive system to the circulatory and lymphatic capillaries through osmosis, active transport, and diffusion, and; Egestion (Excretion): Removal of undigested materials from the digestive tract through defecation

16. Active transport is the movement of molecules across a membrane from a region of their lower concentration to a region of their higher concentration—against the concentration gradient or other obstructing factor.