Suppose That You Fuse a Mouse Cell and a Human

question 13

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you fuse a mouse cell and a human cell, and then treats the cell with specific antibodies covalently linked to fluorescent dyes (antibodies linked to mouse proteins are green; antibodies linked to human proteins are red) . What will the cell look like immediately after labelling?

• A) The red and green fluorescent labels will be uniformly distributed across the entire membrane of the cell.
• B) The cell will be half red and half green.
• C) The red and green labels will be distributed in the cell in intermingled patches.
• D) The red and green labels will flash in the cell intermittently.

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