Which of These Experiments Would NOT Be a Reason to Fractionate

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of these experiments would NOT be a reason to fractionate bacterial cells?

• A) to obtain membrane fractions to study transport proteins
• B) to purify ribosome subunits to study translation
• C) to obtain periplasmic proteins to study chaperons from that space
• D) to obtain cytoplasmic proteins such as FtsZ
• E) to study the growth rate of E. coli in the presence of lactose

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