What term most correctly describes when energy released by the flow of an ion from high to low concentration fuels the transport of an unrelated substance from low to high concentration but in the same direction?

A) phosphotransferase system
B) antiport
C) primary active transport
D) tertiary active transport
E) symport


Answer: E

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