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Meanings of secondary carrier-type facilitators in English

Catalysis of the transfer of a solute from one side of a membrane to the other, up its concentration gradient.

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Examples for "porters"
1
People turned in that direction; porters ran; evidently, something serious had happened.
Our Friend the Charlatan
2
Several of the porters, on seeing the animals, murmured and crossed themselves.
The Descent
3
Gornia and his porters had already departed; Geminus went ahead of me.
Shadows in Bronze
4
In the Low Countries, the porters have the grand title of commissionaires.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 2
5
From flights to shops to porters, there is no work, he said.
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