Q. Maintenance of the ionic gradients across the resting membrane is done by the
A) Active transport of ions
B) Passive transport of ions
C) Active transport of proteins
D) Passive transport of proteins
Explanation
One ATP is used to transfer $3Na^{+}$ outside and $2K^{+}$ inside by $Na^{+}$ pump, i.e., active transport of ions
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