transporter
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of transporter
1525–35; transport ( def. ) + -er 1
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They discovered that the gene responsible for producing the creatine transporter, a protein that carries creatine into cells, was much more active in tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells than in dendritic cells found in healthy tissue.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
A transporter from the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office arrived to hospital five hours later and found the child to still be breathing, according to police.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Beijing has also displayed a new variant of its Y-20 heavy transporter equipped with Chinese-made engines, replacing Russian models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
In a subsequent step, dAdo enters the plant cell through the membrane transporter ENT3, where it hijacks the host's immune system to induce cell death.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
Suddenly, the transporter shoots upward, making my full stomach heave.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
"These findings strongly support the idea that CoA is being imported into mitochondria, and these transporters are required for that to happen," says Shen.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
But industrials—which include equipment and parts manufacturers for all sorts of new projects, infrastructure service providers, transporters, and airlines—are showing they’re still in the midst of telling their growth stories.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
They then raised the church 4 feet off the ground, supported by steel beams, and put it on giant remote-controlled transporters with 56 axles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Department of Agriculture licenses some 2,550 breeders, brokers and transporters authorized to have dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
The report also noted that the Pottses were the only transporters of that child.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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