What type of vector is typically used in gene therapy?

a. a virus
b. a bacterium
c. a plasmid
d. both a virus and a bacterium


A

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A. is replicated. B. is transcribed. C. may get degraded by bacterial nucleases. D. All of the choices are correct.

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A) cuticle B) phenolics C) stomata D) peroxisomes

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