In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COTRANSPORTER
Etymology
Noun
cotransporter (plural cotransporters)
(biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
Hyponyms
• symporter
• antiporter
Source: Wiktionary
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