How can microarrays help us understand cellular functions?

a. Microarrays let us study different cellular structures under different conditions.
b. Microarrays let us directly measure protein expression in individual cells.
c. Microarrayslet us identify which portions of a genome were being expressed in a cell at a particular time.
d. Microarrays let us identify which DNA sequences are present in a particular cell type under certain conditions.
e. Microarrays let us identify which portions of a genome serve as regulatory sequences.


ANSWER: c

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