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Select the correct statement from the following regarding cell membrane.

A

`Na^(+) and K^(+)` ions move across the cell membrane by passive transport

B

Proteins make up 60 to 70% of the cell membrane

C

Lipids are arranged in a bilayer with polar heads towards the inner part

D

Fluid mosaic model of the cell membrane was proposed by Singer and Nicolson

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D
Fluid mosaic model was given by singer and Garth Nicholson and he got Noble Prize for it in 1972.
According to this the components of phospholipid bilayer is not rigid but as fluid and are not arranged uniformly but as a mosaic.
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