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The uptake of external DNA into bacterial cell is facilitated in the presence of
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Calcium chloride renders E. coli competent by neutralizing negative charges on DNA phosphate backbone and membrane phospholipids, increasing membrane permeability and facilitating DNA adsorption. Heat shock then promotes uptake, a method widely used for plasmid transformation in molecular cloning laboratories.
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