When a sperm cell comes into contact with an egg cell, there is a change in the electrical charge across the plasma membrane and various channel proteins close. These channels would be called

A. chemical-gated channels.
B. ligand-gated channels.
C. open-gated channels.
D. nongated ion channels.
E. voltage-gated channels.


E

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