membrane transport

noun

1. the process by which physiologically important substances, such as calcium ions, sugars, etc, are conveyed across a biological membrane

Example Sentences

This is not the case, as Miller argues in a new article he’s posted in five parts at his website. The target for those mutations in the malaria parasite is the gene for PfCRT, a membrane transport protein.

From Forbes

Dr. Donald M. Berwick, president of the health care institute, said the idea that schools “should give up the Krebs cycle or membrane transport” — basic biochemistry concepts — for patient safety was hard to swallow.

From New York Times