You are planning to perform some protein-protein interaction studies to identify a receptor for a steroid hormone you have been working on. You start by fractionating the cell. What cell fraction would you want to work with to identify the steroid hormone receptor of interest?

A. The ribosomal fraction
B. The mitochondrial fraction
C. The cytoplasmic fraction
D. The plasma membrane fraction
E. The extracellular fraction


Answer: C

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