How Can Microarrays Help Us Understand Cellular Functions

question 5

Multiple Choice

How can microarrays help us understand cellular functions?

• A) Microarrays let us study different cells under different conditions.
• B) Microarrays let us directly measure protein expression in individual cells.
• C) Microarrays, by hybridizing cDNAs to DNA sequences already present on a chip, let us identify which portions of a genome are being expressed in a cell at a particular time.
• D) Microarrays let us identify which DNA sequences are present in a particular cell type under certain conditions.

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