Definitions for "Symport"
A type of cotransport in which two different molecules or ions move across a membrane in the same direction. Transport is mediated by specific membrane-bound proteins called symporters. Opp. Antiport.
Cotransport system in which two substances move in the same direction by means of a common carrier. Compare antiport, secondary active transport.
Form of co-transport in which a membrane carrier protein transports two solute species across the membrane in the same direction. (See also co-transport.)