cotransporter
noun
co·trans·port·er (ˌ)kō-tran(t)s-ˈpȯr-tər 
-ˈtran(t)s-ˌpȯr-tər
plural cotransporters
: a specialized protein of cell membranes that mediates cotransport
Phosphate travels against an electrochemical gradient from the urine into the proximal tubular epithelial cells, primarily through the activity of a sodium-phosphate cotransporter …
Henry M. Kronenberg
Henry M. Kronenberg
Word History
First Known Use
1980, in the meaning defined above
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