Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 12SQ
Which of the following can be used to carry foreign DNA into host cells? Choose all correct answers.
- a. RNA
- b. viruses
- c. PCR
- d. plasmids
- e. lipid clusters
- f. blasts of pellets
- g. xenotransplantation
- h. nanoparticles
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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