If the FRAP Technique Is Used to Bleach a Small

question 84

Multiple Choice

If the FRAP technique is used to bleach a small zone of fluorescent microtubules in a cell,which of the following is a possible explanation for the recovery of fluorescence in the region of the cell previously bleached?

• A)the dynamics of the microtubules turning over in that bleached zone of the cell
• B)the growth of new microtubules into the bleached zone
• C)movement of microtubules through the bleached zone
• D)all of these choices
• E)the dynamics of the microtubules turning over in that bleached zone of the cell and the growth of new microtubules into the bleached zone

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