Question 18

(Multiple Choice)

When a membrane is freeze-fractured,the bilayer splits down the middle between the two layers of phospholipids.In an electron micrograph of a freeze-fractured membrane,the bumps seen on the fractured surface of the membrane are


A)peripheral proteins.
B)phospholipids.
C)carbohydrates.
D)integral proteins.
E)cholesterol molecules.

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