Ion Transport

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.

Year introduced: 1993

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Tree Number(s): G03.143.500

MeSH Unique ID: D017136

Entry Terms:

• Transport, Ion
• Ion Exchange, Intracellular
• Exchange, Intracellular Ion
• Intracellular Ion Exchange
• Symport
• Ion Cotransport
• Cotransport, Ion
• Uniport
• Passive Ion Transport
• Ion Transport, Passive
• Facilitated Ion Transport
• Ion Transport, Facilitated
• Antiport
• Active Ion Transport
• Ion Transport, Active
• Transport, Active Ion

Previous Indexing:

• Ion Exchange (1966-1992)

See Also:

• Ion Pumps
• Antiporters
• Symporters

All MeSH Categories
Phenomena and Processes Category
Metabolism
Biological Transport
Ion Transport
Calcium Signaling