Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of facilitated diffusion?
Correct Answer: Uphill transpo
Description: Facilitated diffusion is a carrier-mediated transpo. Carrier can get saturated as the concentration of the transpo molecule reach the "transpo maximum". Carrier can be inhibited by specific ligands (or poisons). Also, carrier exhibits specificity. Substance will be transpoed from high to low concentration - the downhill transpo.
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