Significance of treating bacterial cells with calcium chloride before transformation is to facilitate

  • A
    Binding of $DNA$ to the cell surface
  • B
    Uptake of $DNA$ through membrane transport proteins
  • C
    Uptake of $DNA$ by creating transient pores in the bacterial cell wall
  • D
    Expression of antibiotic resistance gene

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$(d)$ The smallest fragment of $\text{DNA}$ is near the well.
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