Biologically Active Substance
glucose transporter
glu·cose trans·port·er
Subclass of:
Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; Solute Carrier Proteins
Definitions related to glucose transporter:
  • Transport protein involved in the uptake of glucose.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (glucose transport proteins, facilitative) A family of monosaccharide transport proteins characterized by 12 membrane spanning helices. They facilitate passive diffusion of GLUCOSE across the CELL MEMBRANE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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