facilitated glucose transport
facilitated glucose transport
[fə¦sil·ə‚tād·əd ′glü·kōs ‚tranz‚pȯrt] (biochemistry)
The movement of glucose across cell membranes that is driven by the glucose concentration gradient but assisted (facilitated) by carrier proteins.
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