What Is One Major Limitation of Two -Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis

question 8

Multiple Choice

What is one major limitation of two -dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DGE) ?

• A) When products are separated, they tend to leach out of the gel matrix.
• B) Only the most abundant products are detected.
• C) 2DGE can be run only on nucleic acids.
• D) It is extremely costly to execute in a typical molecular biology laboratory.
• E) 2DGE is useful only in separating eukaryotic gene products.

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