You Have Fused a Mouse Cell and a Human Cell

question 67

Multiple Choice

You have fused a mouse cell and a human cell and then treated the cell with specific antibodies that are covalently linked to fluorescent dyes (antibodies to mouse proteins - green; antibodies to human proteins - red) .What does the cell look like immediately after fusion?

• A)The cell is half red and half green.
• B)The red and green labels are uniformly distributed across the entire membrane.
• C)The red and green labels are distributed in intermingled patches.
• D)The cell appears to be yellow in color.
• E)The cell appears to be brown in color.

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