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Published on: August 20, 2026

bacterial cell was transformed with a recombinant DNA molecule that was generated using a human gene. However, the transformed cells did not produce the de sired protein. Rea sons could be

human gene may have intron which bacteria cannot process

amino acid codons for humans and bacteria are different

human protein is formed but degraded by bacteria

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Bacteria do not have the machinery to remove introns from eukaryotic genes. Therefore, a human gene containing introns may be transcribed but cannot produce the correct protein in bacterial cells.

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