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  • Q:

    Certain viruses infect their hosts not by injecting nucleic acid into the cell, but by activating receptors to bring the whole virus particle into the cell. This import mechanism is an example of which of the following?

     

    A

    Receptor-mediated endocytosis

    B

    Pinocytosis

    C

    Exocytosis

    D

    Facilitated diffusion



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