Cell Function
ion transport
i·on trans·port [ ahy-uhn, ahy-on trans-pawrt, -pohrt ]
Subclass of:
Biological Transport
Definitions related to ion transport:
  • Movement of ions across cell membranes; 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The directed movement of charged atoms or small charged molecules into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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