The fluid-mosaic model of the plasma membrane suggests that

A. proteins are not a part of the membrane.
B. proteins form a "liquid" sea in the membrane.
C. the membrane is neither rigid nor static in structure.
D. phospholipids form a single lipid layer in the center of the membrane.
E. cholesterol forms the outermost layer of the membrane.


Answer: C

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