A Researcher Found a Method She Could Use to Manipulate

question 82

Multiple Choice

A researcher found a method she could use to manipulate and quantify phosphorylation and methylation in embryonic cells in culture.
-In one set of experiments she succeeded in decreasing methylation of histone tails. Which of the following results would she most likely see?

• A) increased chromatin condensation
• B) decreased chromatin condensation
• C) abnormalities of mouse embryos
• D) decreased binding of transcription factors
• E) inactivation of the selected genes

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