A Scientist Does Not Have an Antibody to Detect the Protein

question 21

Multiple Choice

A scientist does not have an antibody to detect the protein of interest, but wants to know if the gene is expressed at low levels. What technique could the researcher use to detect, but not quantify the expression of the gene of interest?

• A) Western Blotting
• B) real-time PCR
• C) cloning
• D) reverse transcriptase PCR

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