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.


C. Agrobacterium is commonly used as a tool to directly transform plant cells but not human cells.

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