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Colt1911 [192]
3 years ago
15

What describes a carrier protein in cell surface membrane?

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1 answer:
Margarita [4]3 years ago
8 0

Explanation:

Carrier proteins are proteins that carry substances from one side of a biological membrane to the other.

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