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Imagine that you've isolated the complete human growth hormone gene directly from the human genome. After running through all the steps described in Chapter 19 for cloning and gene expression in bacteria, you find that no human growth hormone is expressed. What is the most likely explanation?
A) Human DNA cannot be cloned in a bacterium.
B) Human DNA can be maintained in cloned form only for brief periods in bacteria.
C) Bacteria cannot translate human mRNA coding sequences.
D) Bacteria cannot carry out splicing.
E) Bacteria lack a nucleus for proper transcription of eukaryotic genes.

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