Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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ISBN: 9780190209896
Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Chapter 11, Problem 39RQ
Summary Introduction

To review:

The following processes, and compare them by providing a suitable example:

a) Primary vs (versus) secondary active transport.

b) Passive vs facilitated diffusion.

c) Carrier-mediated vs channel-mediated transport.

Introduction:

The cell of living beings has a special feature of transporting the biomolecules in or out of the cell through the cell membrane. This process involves the transportation of polar-charged substances, and the relay of signals that are responsible for the change in metabolic cell functions.

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