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This figure is from Labasque et. al. 2008
A) Describe the experiment shown here and what was learned as a result
B) Design a negative control for this experiment and describe why it is a good control
C) Design an experiment to confirm this result in living cells. Please include controls in your experiment design.
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Figure 1c of the Labasque 2008 paper
Describe the experiment that led to the result:
From the text, for reference: (C) Solubilized protein extracts of HEK-
293 cells transfected with empty vectors (CTL) or cotransfected with
GFP-CaM and either wild-type 5-HT2C or 5-HT2CR376/377A receptor
were treated with either 5-HT (1 M) or vehicle for 5 min. Solubilized
protein extracts were immunoprecipitated with the polyclonal
anti-GFP antibody. Immunoprecipitated proteins were analyzed by
Western blotting using a monoclonal anti-GFP antibody and the
polyclonal anti-5-HT2C receptor 522 antibody. Inputs represent 5%
of the total protein amount used in immunoprecipitations. Data
illustrated in A-C are representative of three independent experiments.
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a) In this experiment, HEK293 cells were transfected with either an empty vector ...
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