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Through the use of proteins. Most substances pass through the membrane with the aid of a protein and changing the shape or the frequence of that protein determines how much of the substance can cross.

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The cell membrane does this!! It is partially permeable, meaning that it will only allow certain substances to enter while rejecting the rest.

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