vectorial transport

vectorial transport
Transport of an ion or molecule across an epithelium in a certain direction (eg. absorption of glucose by the gut). Vectorial transport implies a non-uniform distribution of transport proteins on the plasma membranes of two faces of the epithelium.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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