Question

flow cytometry measures and detects the physical and chemical characteristics of cells.

what would it mean by chemical characteristics? explain

Answer 1

Flow cytometry is a laser based , biophysical technology employed in cell to measure the fluidity along with to know the physical and chemical characterstics of cell.

Here after the injection of sample containing cells or particles that suspended in a fluid into Flow cytometry ideal flow occur through the laser beam.The light scattered is characteristic to the cells and their components that determining cell physical and chemical characteristics and function.

cell are carbon-based compounds that contain four major families of small organic molecules: the sugars, the fatty acids, the amino acids, and the nucleotides.Cells are also composed of water, inorganic ions, and carbon-containing (organic) molecules. All these are chemical characteristics of a cell.

1) In Flow Cytometry the Fluorescent markers used to detect the expression of cellular molecules such as proteins or nucleic acids in a system.

2) It is a method for cell sorting , counting and also help in detection of Protien engineering that contain the chemical characteristics of a cell.

3) It also help in genetic identity , antibody etc.All these are mainly made of chemical composition of a cell like Protien, Amino acid, Nucleotide etc.

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