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electrochemical gradient

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electrochemical gradient [i‚lek·trō‚kem·i·kəl ′grād·ē·ənt]
(cell and molecular biology)
The combined effect of a solute's concentration gradient across a membrane and the electric charge gradient across the membrane (the membrane potential), which drives the solute to cross the membrane.


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ATPase ion transport would affect the [sodium-potassium] electrochemical gradient and conceivably contribute to changes in renal function, vessel wall resistance, or cardiac rhythmogenicity and contractility," the researchers say.
 
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