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carrier protein

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carrier protein
membrane proteins that have a high affinity for particular solutes, e.g. glucose, and which facilitate the passage of these solutes through membrane barriers. See also carrier-mediated transport.


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While experimenting in their laboratory, the research team combined these carrier proteins with therapeutic DNA, and attached them to cell membrane receptors and the nuclear import machinery of target cells.
Bovine serum that contains macromolecular proteins, low molecular weight nutrients, antioxidants and carrier proteins for water-insoluble components is also known to contain antiapoptotic factors.
 
 
 
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