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How does sugar cross the cell membrane to get into a cell?

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Glucose cannot move across a cell membrane via simple diffusion because it is simple large and is directly rejected by the hydrophobic tails. Instead it passes across via facilitated diffusion which involves molecules moving through the membrane by passing through channel proteins.

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