Wheat Germ Agglutinin is often usded as a marker of the cell surface. However, if the membrane of the cell is made permeable by fixation or extraction witha lipid solvent, where else in the cell would you expect to find it binding? A. Nuclear speckles

B. Golgi Apparatus

C. microtubules

D. Actin Fibers

E. Ribosomes

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Paula Montes

Biology

6 February, 23:03

Wheat Germ Agglutinin is often usded as a marker of the cell surface. However, if the membrane of the cell is made permeable by fixation or extraction witha lipid solvent, where else in the cell would you expect to find it binding? A. Nuclear speckles

B. Golgi Apparatus

C. microtubules

D. Actin Fibers

E. Ribosomes

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Clarence Wolf · Answer 1

B. Golgi Apparatus

Explanation:

Wheat germ agglutinin marked with horseradish peroxidase (WGA) can be used for analysis of Golgi apparatus (since wheat germ agglutinin is widely transported into the Golgi apparatus) in HepG2 hepatoma cells at the early and late periods of endocytosis.