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


Answer: D

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