How can freeze-fracture be used to determine the orientation of a protein in a membrane?

A. Freeze-fracture allows a cell to be cleaved in between the lipid bilayer, splitting the plasma membrane into two layers.
B. Freeze-fracture allows a cell to be cleaved in such a way as to preserve the embedded proteins.
C. Freeze-fracture cuts the membrane in protein-sized components for viewing under an electron microscope.


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