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Significance of 'heat shock' method in bacterial transformation is to facilitate

A

a) binding of DNA to the cell wall

B

b) uptake of DNA through membrane transport proteins

C

c) uptake of DNA through transient pores in the bacterial cell wall

D

d) expression of antibiotic resistance gene

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C
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