Class: MembraneTransport

membrane transport is the movement of molecules across a membrane.

URI: sio:MembraneTransport

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Parents

  • is_a: ChemicalTransport - chemical transport is the directed movement of a chemical entity by some agent (e.g. transporter).

Children

  • ActiveTransport - active transport is the movement of a substance across a membrane against its concentration gradient (from low to high concentration) and requires chemical energy.
  • PassiveTransport - passive transport is the movement of a substance across a membrane and does not require chemical energy.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from ChemicalTransport:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity

  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1

    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • hasParticipant 0..1

    • Description: has participant is a relation that describes the participation of the object in the (processual) subject.

    • Range: Entity