During molecular cloning, a gene of interest (insulin) is inserted into a bacterial structure called a ________ and enters a bacterial cell through a process called ________

A) chromosome; electrophoresis
B) nucleus; transformation
C) plasmid; transcription
D) plasmid; transformation
E) genome; transformation


D

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