A Key Difference Between Transforming Plant Cells and Human Cells

question 14

Multiple Choice

A key difference between transforming plant cells and human cells is

• A)genes to be expressed in human cells require a eukaryotic promoter,and genes to be expressed in plants don't.
• B)DNA cannot be introduced into human cells.
• C)Agrobacterium is commonly used as a tool to directly transform plant cells but not human cells.
• D)a vector is needed to introduce DNA into human cells and not plant cells.

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