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If You Ingest and Digest a Meal That Contains Components

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If you ingest and digest a meal that contains components necessary for normal body function but too large to be transported across the plasma membrane through pores, by diffusion, or aided by transport proteins, how could the macromolecules enter the cell?


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The branch of biology concerned with the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

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A chemical element essential for living organisms, particularly in cell physiology, where it signals for many cellular processes.

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