safiya20 safiya20

02-01-2017
Biology

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what characteristics must a substance have in order to be easily transported across the cell membrane?

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teopisteo teopisteo

02-01-2017

It has to be hydrophobic in order to pass through the highly hydrophobic hydrocarbon tails of the membrane phospholipids. Or it has to be very small like O2 or H20. The other option is transport through channels :)

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