membrane transport

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noun

the process by which physiologically important substances, such as calcium ions, sugars, etc, are conveyed across a biological membrane

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This finding suggests that protein production and membrane transport were among the first biological functions to evolve.

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The most direct forms of membrane transport are passive.

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