Facilitated diffusion differs from passive diffusion in that facilitated diffusion is

a. mediated only by a protein channel.
b. mediated only by a protein carrier.
c. mediated by a protein carrier or channel.
d. against the concentration gradient.


Ans: c. mediated by a protein carrier or channel.

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