Preferred Label : ion transport;
MeSH definition : The movement of ions across energy-transducing cell membranes. Transport can be active,
passive or facilitated. Ions may travel by themselves (uniport), or as a group of
two or more ions in the same (symport) or opposite (antiport) directions.;
MeSH synonym : transport, ion;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Uniporter;
MeSH hyponym : antiport; uniport; ion exchange, intracellular; symport; facilitated ion transport; active ion transport; passive ion transport; Exchange, Intracellular Ion; Intracellular Ion Exchange; Ion Transport, Active; Transport, Active Ion; Ion Transport, Passive; Ion Cotransport; Cotransport, Ion; Ion Transport, Facilitated;
MeSH annotation : in biol systems: do not confuse with ION EXCHANGE, a physicochem process; coord NIM
with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or with exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM);
if active transport, coord with BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniporter;
Origin ID : D017136;
UMLS CUI : C0162585;
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The movement of ions across energy-transducing cell membranes. Transport can be active,
passive or facilitated. Ions may travel by themselves (uniport), or as a group of
two or more ions in the same (symport) or opposite (antiport) directions.