Ion Transport

"Ion Transport" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D017136
MeSH Number(s)	G03.143.500
Concept/Terms	Ion Transport Ion Transport Transport, Ion Ion Exchange, Intracellular Ion Exchange, Intracellular Exchange, Intracellular Ion Intracellular Ion Exchange Active Ion Transport Active Ion Transport Ion Transport, Active Transport, Active Ion Uniport Uniport Passive Ion Transport Passive Ion Transport Ion Transport, Passive Symport Symport Ion Cotransport Cotransport, Ion Facilitated Ion Transport Facilitated Ion Transport Ion Transport, Facilitated Antiport Antiport

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ion Transport".

Biological Sciences [G]
Metabolism [G03]
Biological Transport [G03.143]
Ion Transport [G03.143.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Ion Transport".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Ion Transport".

Ion Transport
Calcium Signaling

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