Na - K ATPase (The Sodium-Potassium ATPase pump)

This is both an example of how Active anti-port and co-transport works and an example showing part of how nerves and other cells generate a electrical potential on their membrane surfaces.



Go to Chapter 2.1.4.2: 'Facilitated Transport'.
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Go back to: Chapter 2.1: Cell/Plasma membrane.
Go back to: Chapter 2.2.10: 'Proteins of the Cell'.




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