When a Mouse Cell and a Human Cell with Different

question 9

Multiple Choice

When a mouse cell and a human cell with different cell-surface protein markers are fused using polyethylene glycol (PEG) and immediately placed at 0°C,what would you expect happens to the mouse and human marker proteins?

• A)Both the mouse and human marker proteins will rapidly disperse evenly throughout the fused membrane.
• B)Only the mouse cell marker proteins will disperse throughout the fused membrane; the human marker proteins will remain confined to the original human region of the fused membrane.
• C)The mouse and human markers will migrate to opposite poles of the fused membrane.
• D)The mouse and human markers will migrate little and remain confined to their original membrane regions.
• E)Both mouse and human markers will be endocytosed by the fused cell and destroyed in the fused cell.