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Hydrogen ions are charged. What would need to happen to transport them across a cell membrane, and which direction would they "flow"?
What would have to happen to get them to move the other
way?
pH 7
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Transcribed Image Text:Hydrogen ions are charged. What would need to happen to transport them across a cell membrane, and which direction would they "flow"? What would have to happen to get them to move the other way? pH 7 000000000000000000 ||||||||||| ||||||| -----------|||||||||||||| 000000000000000000 pH 2
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The plasma membrane is the dynamic, fluid structure that forms the boundary of the cell. It regulates the molecules across the cell, thus, is selectively permeable, allowing some molecules to cross it more easily than others. 

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