You Obtain Two Different Preparations of XFF,one of Which Contains

question 10

Multiple Choice

You obtain two different preparations of XFF,one of which contains the receptors for XFF.You perform a binding assay and obtain a standard curve.Based upon this data,what value would reflect the affinity of the receptor for the ligand? (Assume a 1 XFF-to-1 receptor interaction.)

• A)Kd
• B)Bmax
• C)Kd - Bmax
• D)1/B_max
• E)The affinity cannot be detertmined from the information available

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