The process by which cholesterol is transported into the cell by the binding of LDL to its receptor and the internalization of the receptor-LDL complex is
A)facilitated transport.
B)active transport.
C)cotransport.
D)receptor-mediated endocytosis.
E)exocytosis.

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Receptor-mediated endocytosis is the process by which cells absorb metabolites, hormones, proteins – and in this case, cholesterol – by the inward budding of the plasma membrane, which contains proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being absorbed.

The Process by Which Cholesterol Is Transported into the Cell