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What is the major role of ice cold calcium chloride in the preparation of competent cells?

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The process of calcium chloride heat-shock transformation encourages bacterial cells to uptake DNA from the surrounding environment.The ice-cold CaCl2 solution facilitates binding of DNA to the surface of the cell, which then enters the cell after a short period of heat- shock (3).



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