Concept information
Preferred term
Membrane Transport Proteins
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Amino Acid Transport Systems
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Connexins
- Fatty Acid Transport Proteins
- Ion Channels
- Ion Pumps
- Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
- Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
- Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins
- Niemann-Pick C1 Protein
- Nucleobase, Nucleoside, Nucleotide, and Nucleic Acid Transport Proteins
- Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins
- P-type ATPases
- SEC Translocation Channels
- Solute Carrier Proteins
Entry terms
- Membrane Transporter
- Membrane Transporters
- Membrane Transport Protein
- Protein, Membrane Transport
- Transporter, Membrane
- Transporters, Membrane
- Transport Protein, Membrane
Scope note
- Membrane proteins whose primary function is to facilitate the transport of molecules across a biological membrane. Included in this broad category are proteins involved in active transport (BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE), facilitated transport and ION CHANNELS.
History note
- 2002; for BIOLOGICAL PUMP & METABOLIC PUMP use BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT ACTIVE 1991-2001
In other languages
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Finnish
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membraanikuljetusproteiini
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D026901
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