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A bacterial cell was transformed with a recombinant DNA that was generated using a human gene. However, the transformed cells did not produce the desired protein. Reason could be

A

Human gene may have intron which bacteria cannot process

B

Amino acid codons for humans and bacteria are different

C

Human protein in formed but degraded by bacteria

D

All of the above

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A

Human gene has intron which is non coding section of an RNA transcript or the DNA encoding. It can be spliced out before the RNA molecule is translated into a protein
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