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Title: Compare and contrast facilitated diffusion and active transport.
Post by: colleen on Aug 16, 2012
Compare and contrast facilitated diffusion and active transport.


Title: Re: Compare and contrast facilitated diffusion and active transport.
Post by: bio_man on Aug 17, 2012
Both require membrane transport proteins. However, facilitated diffusion does not require energy and moves substances down a concentration gradient. Active transport requires energy and moves substances against a concentration gradient.